Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910. Excerpt: ... A cloud they had for a carriage, They drove a playful breeze, And over town and country They rode along at ease. But oh! they were so many, At last the carriage broke, And to the ground came tumbling Those frightened little folk. And through the moss and grasses They were compelled to roam, Until a brooklet found them, And carried them all home. LESSON 36 THE WATER DROPS Read the poem given in the last lesson until you can tell--Where the water drops lived. What they decided to do. How they made the journey. What accident occurred. Where they were compelled to wander. How they were taken home. Sometimes in a poem or story things that are very unlike, such as a person and drops of water, are compared. Sometimes a cloud is spoken of as if it were a wagon. Language, like this, in which very unlike things are compared, is called figurative. Is the language of the poem, "The Water Drops," figurative, or not? Why? To what is each of the following things compared? The water drops. The cloud. The breeze. Write in one paragraph the story of "The Water Drops." LESSON 37 THE BAREFOOT BOY Blessings on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan! With thy turned-up pantaloons, 'And thy merry whistled tunes; With thy red lip, redder still, Kissed by strawberries on the hill, With the sunshine on thy face, Through thy torn brim's jaunty grace.--John Gheksleak Whittikb. In the first stanza of his poem, "The Barefoot Boy," Whittier tells us how the barefoot boy looked. In describing a person or object it usually is not necessary to tell about all the features that might be observed, but only those that are most noticeable. Turn back to the story of "The Chimney Sweep," in Lesson 29, and see what things are told about the appearance of Tom. There are only two. See if...
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