Now worms are not pleasant-looking things. I do not think that anyone would like one for a pet, and, although I've tried very hard, I can not say that I really like them myself; but I am not afraid of them, and neither, I am glad to say, was Andy.

He did not run away as fast as he could, stumbling over all sorts of things until he reached the house, nor did he dance up and down, screaming "O, 0, O!" when this worm came out of the ground. Not a bit of it.

He sat quietly down on an overturned flowerpot, and looked at the worm for at least two minutes, and the worm raised its head a little and looked at him.

At last Andy said, "You are not very pretty."

"I am not," answered the worm. "You can not dance, either," said Andy.

"I can not," said the worm.

"Nor sing," said Andy.

"Nor sing," repeated the worm.

"You do not know your letters,

even," said Andy.

"I do not," said the worm.
"Butterflies can fly," said Andy.
"They can," said the worm.

"Bees hum," said Andy.

"They do," said the worm.

"You can not do anything," said Andy.

"I can," said the worm, so loudly (for a worm) that Andy tumbled off the flowerpot, he was so very much

astonished.

But quickly picking himself up, he sat down again and asked, "What is it you can do ?"

"Something that bees,
that bees, birds,
birds, and

even boys can

worm.

not do," answered the

"Let us see what it is," said Andy. "Take your little spade and chop me

in two," said the worm.

"O no," said Andy.

be wicked."

"That would

"Well, never do it unless a worm asks you to," said the worm; "then it

is all right.

ahead."

Now I am ready. Go

"Are you sure you are in earnest ?" asked Andy.

"Quite sure," answered the worm. "And would it not hurt you?" asked Andy.

"Do not ask so many questions. Do as I tell you," said the worm.

"Why?" said Andy. But seeing that the worm was turning away from him, he seized his little spade and chopped it in two; and lo and behold! one half crept one way, and one half the other.

"Well, sure enough," said Andy, "I do not believe I could do that. Goodby, Mr. Worm-I mean two Mr. Worms."

"Good-by," said the head, and "Goodby," said the tail. And they both crept under the ground, and left Andy to ask "Why?" until this very day.

LANGUAGE LESSON.-Let pupils double the last letter

in each of the following words, and add ing.

Let pupils copy these names of the months, and commit them to memory.

January
February

July
August

March September April October May November

June

December

MAXIM FOR MEMORIZING.

"There isn't a thing beneath our feet, But teaches some lesson short and sweet."

This is the way the morning dawns:
Rosy tints on flowers and trees,
Winds that wake the birds and bees,
Dewdrops on the fields and lawns-
This is the way the morning dawns.

This is the way the rain comes down:
Tinkle, tinkle, drop by drop,

Over roof and chimney top;

Boughs that bend and skies that frown—
This is the way the rain comes down.

This is the way the river flows:
Here a whirl and there a dance,
Slowly now, then like a lance;
Swiftly to the sea it goes-

This is the way the river flows.

This is the way the birdie sings:
Little birdies in the nest,

You I surely love the best;
Over you I fold my wings—
This is the way the birdie sings.

LANGUAGE LESSON.-Let pupils write three statements, using words from the above lesson.

Let pupils commit to memory the first two stanzas of the above poem.

ARTICULATION EXERCISE.

Drill pupils carefully in pronouncing the wh in the follow