"I hope they will not catch him. Whose dogs are they, papa'?" "I do not know whose they are; but they will not catch the moose. He will hide from them, among the spruce trees." 66 He is very much like a deer, papa'. horns!" "Yes, John. The moose is a kind of deer. His horns are not like those of a deer, but his eyes and hoofs are. 66 When I was a little boy, I was sent out one day to find the cow. I got on my pony, and, after a long ride among the spruce trees, the pony came to a full stop. "Go on, pony,' said I. 'Do you see the cow ?' But the pony would not go on. It was not the cow that he saw. It was a large moose. "There he stood, in a pool of water, looking at us with his large, soft eyes. 66 He did not move at first, but pretty soon he began to splash the water with his hoofs. 66 Then the pony was afraid, and I was, too. the cow. We did not stop to find We came out from among the trees, and went home as fast as we could." 66 Why did the moose stand in the pool of water, papa'?” "It was a warm day, and he stood in the water to get cool. A moose or a deer likes to stand in the cool water on a warm day." LANGUAGE LESSON. Let pupils write these sentences and fill the blanks. "A snail is in it. See! Its head is coming out of the shell." 66 Can the snail come out of its shell, mamma'?" "No. The shell grows on its back." "Then it is never away from home, is it, mamma'? Why does it push up those funny little things that look like horns?" "Its eyes are in them." "Has it any teeth?" 66 "O yes, it has many teeth." 66 'O mamma'! But it has no ears." "Yes, it has, Mary; but you can not see them. Take it in your hand. It will not hurt you." "O look, mamma'! It has put its head into the shell again." "Yes, it saw that you were going to touch it." 66 "How funny! I did not think it could see so well.” "Now be very still, and it will soon push its head out of the shell again." "Yes, there it is, mamma'. Do see it crawl off with its shell on its back!" 66 That is the only way it can get about, Mary." 66 Well, it is a pretty slow way. I have heard that some little boys and girls are as slow as a snail.' LANGUAGE LESSON. Let pupils write answers in complete sentences. What was Mary looking at? What does the snail have on its back? What does the lesson say a snail has? How does the snail move about? Why did the snail hide its head in its shell? SLATE EXERCISE. Let pupils write these words and mark their pronunciation. like hide sent cool them good him hope long soon those stood |