hit the Tar-Baby, but his hand stuck fast in the tar. Then the Rabbit said, "Let me go, or I will hit you with my other hand." But the Tar-Baby said nothing, and the other hand was soon fast to the tar. It was the same with first one foot, and then the other. Fox came along he found the Rabbit stuck fast to the Tar-Baby. He carried him to the, Coon's house and said, "Here's the man who stole my melons. What shall I do to him?" When the The Coon took the Fox aside and said, "Ask him whether he'd rather be thrown into the fire or into the briar-patch, and whichever one he chooses throw him into the other." But the Rabbit overheard them, and when they gave him his choice he said, "Please don't throw me into the briar-patch, I'll be scratched up. Throw me into the fire." So the Fox lifted him and threw him into the briars. Then the Rabbit kicked up his heels and laughed, and called back, "Good-bye, Fox! Farewell, Coon! I was born and raised in the briars!" And with that he scampered off home. EXERCISE I. A.-Make a sentence about each of these: (1) a rabbit, (2) a melon-patch, (3) tracks in the garden, (4) a coon, (5) tar, (6) a briar-patch. B.-Re-state the following sentences, but use other words to express the meaning of the italicized words: (1) A fine melon-patch. (2) He saw tracks. (3) The Rabbit made for the melon patch. (4) The Tar-Baby said nothing. (5) What shall I do to him? C. (1) Tell why and how the Fox made a Tar-Baby. (2) Tell why the Rabbit chose to be thrown into the fire. PUNCTUATION. The Period or Full Stop.--1. Note the means to indicate the end of a declarative or imperative sentence :— The rabbit, the fox, and the coon lived close together. 2. Note the means to indicate the end of a title of a chapter, etc.: The Tar-Baby. (See above.) The Merchant of Venice. The period is frequently omitted in such a case. 3. Note the means to indicate abbreviations :— The Rev. J. C. Smith; Dr. and Mrs. Curill; John Henry Jones, Esq., M.A., LL.D. 4. Note the use of the period after Roman numerals:Henry VII.; "Hamlet," Act III., Scene i., line 22. The period is frequently omitted in such a case. EXERCISE II.-Re-write the following and punctuate correctly: (1) The Parisian sails at nine o'clock AM and the Tunisian at two o'clock PM. (2) The sugar weighed ten lbs three oz (3) Hamlet's soliloquy on death is in Act III, scene i of the play. (4) Lieut-Col Smith and Capt Rodgers set out from Regina, N W Ter, Jan 6th. (5) The largest cities of the United States are New York, NY, Chicago, Ill, Philadelphia, Pa, Boston, Mass EXERCISE III.-Re-write the following, abbreviate where possible: (1) There were present the Reverend Joseph Jones, Doctor of Divinity, Professor Jacobs, and Messieurs Black and Wright of Washington, District of Columbia. (2) We go there by the Grand Trunk Railway. (3) Your manuscript has been sent with the manuscripts (MSS) of James Learned, Fellow of the Royal Society, to Macmillan and Company, London, England. (4) Address the letter to Mister Joseph Blank, 822 Saint Mary's Street, Hamilton, Ontario. REPRODUCTION.-Tell the story of the "Tar-Baby" in your own words, following this outline: Title. Introduction: The three animals-Where they lived. The Story: Conclusion: The melon-patch --Who owned it; what he saw there. The Fox-Who set the trap. The Rabbit-How he fought the Tar-Baby. The Escape The Rabbit's choice-how he escaped. COMPOSITION 1. Tell the story, How the Fox went a-hunting and the Rabbit bagged the Game. Outline:— The Fox and the Rabbit grow almost friends-The Fox asks the Rabbit to go hunting-The Rabbit says he is too busy-The Fox has a lucky day and brings back a great bag of game-The Rabbit loafs all day—In the evening he starts out-Sees the Fox coming— Drops down in the road as if dead-The Fox comes along-looks at the Rabbit-Thinks him nice and fat, but does not take himWhen he has passed, the Rabbit jumps up, takes to the woods, runs on ahead, and drops down again as if dead-The Fox comes along, thinks rabbits are going to waste-Puts down his bag and starts back to get the first rabbit he saw-The Rabbit jumps up, steals the game-bag and rushes off home. Use direct narration in giving the words spoken. COMPOSITION 2. Tell the story, The Rabbit finds his Match. Outline : The Rabbit meets the Terrapin (tortoise)—Brags of his swiftness. -The Terrapin vows he can outrun the Rabbit-A race is arranged -The Terrapin assembles his family-Everyone of them looks just like him. On the day of the race the Terrapin puts one of his family at the first mile post, ancther at the next, and so on—Stays at the winning-post himself-Another relative meets the Rabbit at the starting-post-“Go”— Off starts the Rabbit-At the first milepost he sees a terrapin crawl out of the woods just ahead of him—At the second a terrapin crawls up just before he gets there-At the goal there is the Terrapin, who carries off the prize. ADDITIONAL THEMES. COMPOSITION 1. Tell the story of "Puss-in-Boots."1 2. Tell the story of the "Sleeping Beauty."2 3. Tell the story of "Lucky Jack." (Hans im Glück.) 4. Tell the story of The "Ugly Duckling."4 3 1 Read Perrault's version. 2 Versions by Perrault, Grimm, and Tennyson ("The Day Dream"). 3 Grimm's " Fairy Tales." Andersen's "Fairy Tales." CHAPTER II.-FABLES. LESSON VI. MEMORIZATION.-FROM "TO AUTUMN." Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness! With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run; -John Keats. THEME: THE DISAPPOINTED FOx. One day in autumn, when the grapes were ripe, a fox stole into a vineyard. Spread out on trellises above him were great masses of luscious grapes, and he longed to have a bunch. He made many and many a jump, but the grapes were high, and he could not reach them. Tired out at last, he said to himself, "Bah! I don't care. The grapes are sour!" and went away. EXERCISE 1. A.-Tell something about (1) autumn, (2) a vineyard, (3) a trellis. B.- Re-state the following sentences, but express with other words the meaning of the italicized words: (1) A fox stole into a vineyard. (2) He saw masses of luscious grapes. (3) He longed to have a bunch. (4) At last he was tired out. C.-Why did the fox say the grapes were sour? PUNCTUATION. The Comma.-The punctuation point chiefly used in the subdivision of the sentence is the comma (,). The envelope was addressed: John Henry Alford, Esq., 1332, Victoria Road, Halifax, N.S. I. Note the means to mark off a word of address : Come, dear children, come away down. Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods. 2. Note the means to mark off words in apposition :Our great old grandmother, the Earth. There stood Perseus, a beautiful young man, with golden ringlets and rosy cheeks. Note that sometimes a dash (—) is used for this purpose, or a comma and a dash :He saw a pretty sight,--a great, brown, sharp-nosed creature. Note that if the appositive noun is a part of the title no point must be used:The Apostle John; King William the Conqueror; James the First. EXERCISE II.—- Study the fable above and seek to explain the use of each comma employed. EXERCISE III. Re-write the following sentences, punctuating them correctly:-(1) Dear master I can go no further. Farewell kind master. (2) Blow, blow thou winter wind. (3) God save thee brother. (4) O my poor Rosalind whither wilt thou go? (5) England with all thy faults I love thee still my country. (6) Physician heal thyself. (7) He their sire butchered to make a Roman holiday! (8) The poet Milton wrote his great epic poem "Paradise Lost" in blindness. (9) Rule a space of the size of an envelope (see p. 72), and write on it, correctly placed and punctuated, this address: Miss Alice Lucy Cary 22 View Place Laketon Ont. REPRODUCTION-Tell the fable of the " Fox and the Grapes" in your own words, following this outline :— |