he gnaws away at the bark and the wood.

After a while he makes a hole large enough to let in his paw.

Of course the bees do not like this. They buzz around the bear, and try to sting him. But his skin is so thick, and his hair is so long, that he does not mind the stings of the bees.

He puts his great paw through the hole into the hive, and pulls out large pieces of the comb which holds the honey.

He never stops until he has taken all the poor bees have in their hive, and has left them without any food for winter.

When winter comes, the bear creeps into a hole or a cave, and there he makes a soft bed of leaves and twigs.

When the snow comes, it covers the mouth of the hole or or cave, where the bear lies snugly hidden. He closes his eyes, and seems to sleep through the whole winter.

In the spring, when the snow is gone, and the green leaves come out, and the birds begin to sing again, the bear wakes from his long sleep.

Then he sets out once more to roam about the woods, hunting for fruit and hives of wild bees.

LANGUAGE LESSON.

Let pupils tell in their own language,

How the bear finds the honey.

How he makes a hole in the tree.

Why the bees can not sting him.

What he does during the long winter.

Let pupils write statements about,

The black bear.

The wild bees.

The bear's skin.

What the bear eats.

Suppose, my little lady,

Your doll should break her head; Could you make it whole by crying Till your eyes and nose were red? And wouldn't it be pleasanter To treat it as a joke,

And say you're glad 'twas Dolly's, And not your head, that broke? Suppose your task, my little man, Is very hard to get;

Will it make it any easier

For you to sit and fret?

And isn't it, my boy or girl,

The wisest, bravest plan, Whatever comes, or doesn't come, To do the best you can?

LANGUAGE LESSON.

Let pupils commit to memory the last two stanzas of this

роет.

Let them make a statement about,

Some object in the schoolroom.
Some bird they have seen.

One of the drawings below.

SLATE EXERCISE.

Let pupils rule their slates into squares to correspond to the diagram below, and then reproduce the drawing.

THE BABIES THAT LIVE IN A BALL.

In this picture you see the home of the "Babies that live in a ball."