WHAT A SPIDER AND A FLY DID.

There was once a young prince, who said that, if he had the power, he would drive all the spiders and flies out of the world.

One day, after a great fight, this prince had to hide from his foes. He ran into a wood, and there, under a tree, he lay down and fell asleep.

A bad man saw him. He drew

his sword, and crept up toward him. But a fly came creeping over the face of the prince and waked him. He sprung to his feet and the man ran off

That night the prince hid himself in a cave in the same wood. In the night, a spider wove her web across the mouth of the cave.

Two men, who were hunting for the prince, that they might kill him, passed by the cave in the morning, and the prince heard what they said.

"Look," cried one of them, "he must be hid in this cave!

"No," said the other, "that can not be, for if he had gone in there, he would have brushed down that spider's web."

And so the men went on, and did not wait to look in the cave.

As soon as they were out of sight, the prince thought how his life had been saved-one day by a fly, and the next day by a spider.

HANG UP BABY'S STOCKING.

Hang up the baby's stocking.
Be sure you don't forget.
The dear, little, dimpled darling
Has never seen Christmas yet.

But I told him all about it,

And he opened his big, blue eyes; I am sure he understood it, He looked so funny and wise.

Ah, what a tiny stocking!

It doesn't take much to hold Such little toes as baby's,

Safe from the frost and cold.

But then, for the baby's Christmas, It never will do at all;

For Santa Claus wouldn't be looking For anything half so small.

I know what will do for baby;
I've thought of a first-rate plan:
I'll borrow a stocking of grandma--
The longest that ever I can.

And you shall hang it by mine,

mother,

Right here in the corner, so ; And write a letter for baby,

And fasten it on the toe.

"Old Santa Claus, this is a stocking Hung up for our baby dear; You never have seen our darling; He has not been with us a year.

"But he is a beautiful baby!

And now, before you go,

Please cram this stocking with presents,

From the top of it down to the toe."

LANGUAGE LESSON.

Let pupils give answers, whether oral or written, in complete sentences.

Why did the little girl want a large stocking?

Where was she going to hang it up?

How was Santa Claus to know it was for the baby?

What did the little girl tell Santa Claus to do?