66 You must say "Miss Maud will be pleased to have her papa' take tea and toast with her this evening at six o'clock.' "Do not forget the toast." 66 Very well, that is just what I do say," said Maud. 66 66 Well, I will come," said papa'. Now, good-by. I must go to march with the soldiers." 66 "O then you will come in your uniform, papa'? I love to see you in your uniform ! ” "Do you?" said her papa'. "Well, if a tall soldier is to take tea with you, I hope you will have something very nice for him." "Of course I will. I will make the tea myself." "All right," said papa'. So papa' came in his blue uniform with brass buttons. What fun it was! Maud poured out the tea. How many cups of tea papa' did drink! How well he liked the toast! He kept saying, "Nurse, bring some more, if you please. I'm not asked out to tea every day." Then Maud laughed and papa' laughed, and they were and they were as merry as two little birds in a tree. After tea, papa' said, "Now, Maud, it is time for me to go. good-by. I have had a very happy Let pupils give oral answers in complete sentences. Why did Maud have to stay in her room? Why did he have to go away? Who made and poured the tea? What kind of uniform did her papa' wear? SLATE EXERCISE. Let pupils copy the following exercise. Miss Maud will be pleased to have her papa take tea and toast with her this evening at six o'clock. One day I saw John coming with a basket. He gave it to me and said, “Little Bo-peep, take care of your sheep." I looked in, and there was a dear little lamb in the basket. I named her Bo-peep, and put a little bell on her neck. Then I got a box and put it in the barn for Bo-peep's house, and she went to sleep in it. By and by, she was large enough to run and play on the grass, and |