"Of course we tried to hide this from the teacher, but one day we were fairly caught. 666 "Boys,' said he, 'you must not You must keep your eyes be idle. on your lessons. You do not know what you lose by being idle. 666 Now, while you are young, is the time to learn. 666 Let any one of you, who sees another boy looking off his book, come and tell me.' 666 "Now,' said I to myself, 'there is Fred Smith. I do not like him. I will watch him, and if I see him looking off his book I will tell.' "Not very long after I saw Fred looking off his book, so I went up and told the teacher. Aha!' said he, 'how do you know he was idle?' 666 "Please, sir,' said I, 'I saw him.' 'O you did, did you? And where were your eyes when you saw him? Were they on your book?' "I was fairly caught. I saw the other boys laugh, and I hung my head, while the teacher smiled. "It was a good lesson for me. I did not watch for idle boys again." LANGUAGE LESSON. Statement. The boy was idle at school. Question. Was the boy idle at school? Let teachers show pupils how the above statement was changed to a question, and have them treat the following statements in the same manner. The boy was very idle. The boy was fairly caught. It was a good lesson for him. He did not watch idle boys again. Let pupils write the following words and add such letters as will make them mean more than one. Father, one day, took an apple red, And holding it up in his hand, he said: "Where is the boy who can answer me? His, shall this nice, red apple be. How many cells has the apple core, Where dark brown seeds are held in store ? And which way, too, point the seeds in them Down to the blossom, or up to the stem ? " Shame on us all, not one of us knew ; Who can get the apple now? Can you? LANGUAGE LESSON. Let pupils write and supply the missing words. The apple core has cells. Dark brown seeds are in the The seeds point to the Let pupils copy, and fill the blanks with is, are, has, |