"I think so.

Miss White told

me, and she is a great friend of Mary's."

"Well, it may be true, but is it kind ? "

"I am afraid it is not. I should not like to have such a story told about me."

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Well, then, Kitty, if the story is not true, nor kind, do you think you ought to tell it ?"

"No, I do not think I need to tell it."

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Ah, then, Kitty, if the story is not true, nor kind, and you do not need to tell it, why tell it to me at all?

"O because I heard it, and thought you would like to hear it, too."

"No, Kitty, I do not care to hear it. Unless what you say is kind

and true, and you have need of saying it, you should not tell it.

"If you can not speak well of your friends, do not speak of them at all."

LANGUAGE LESSON.

Let pupils give oral answers in complete sentences.

What did Kitty wish to do?

What did her mother first ask about the story?

What next did she ask about it?

What was the last thing she asked about it? What did she say to Kitty then?

SLATE EXERCISE.

Let pupils copy, and commit to memory.

If you can not speak well of your friends, do not speak of them at all.

Do not say anything about any one, unless it is kind and true.

THE MONKEY BRIDGE.

A party of long-tailed monkeys came to a small river, over which there was no bridge.

At first, they did not seem to know how to cross the river, and so began to chatter and talk with one another, as if they were asking what should be done.

After a little while they ran to a tree that stood by the bank of the river.

The largest and strongest monkey climbed the tree, and took hold of a strong branch with his tail.

While he was doing this, the rest kept up their chatter, and seemed

to know just what was going to be done.

When the monkey that had climbed the tree was ready, another

came down over him, holding on with his tail, and the first one holding him by the legs.

Then another monkey came down over both of the others, and so on, until a long string of monkeys hung nearly to the ground.

What do you suppose they did next? I will tell you.

The monkey nearest the ground began to make the long string swing backward and forward by putting his paws on the ground.

The string of monkeys went faster and faster, and farther and farther, each time.

By and by it swung so far that the last monkey could catch hold of a tree on the other side of the river.

Then this monkey climbed the tree, and went up until he was as