1. Here is a picture of an elk, or moose deer.

2. The elk is found in countries where it is very cold. 3. A full-grown elk is almost as large as an ox.

4. The elk has a short, thick neck, a large head, and large horns.

5. His horns spread out wide. His legs are long, but his tail is very short.

6.. He is of a dark brownish gray color, all but his legs and tail; these are of a lighter color.

7. His hair is strong and coarse, and on the neck it forms a kind of mane.

8. He lives in the woods, and eats the shoots of trees; for his legs are so long, and his neck so short, that he can not graze.

9. Sometimes the elk is made quite gentle, and is used in a harness, like a horse.

LESSON XXXIV.

Arthur larger wakes never

brother cousin each

angry

sleep

animals Grace draw without Berty dish seven enough almost ahead years

ARTHUR AND HIS COUSIN.

1. Arthur and Grace are cousins. Do you know what a cousin is? Have you a cousin?

Is your cousin a little boy or a little girl?

2. Arthur has a cousin.

His

cousin is a little girl, and her name is Grace.

years old.

Grace is six

3. Grace has a cousin. Her

cousin is a little boy, and his

name is Arthur.

seven years old.

Arthur is

4. Arthur is larger than Grace, but she can run as fast as he can.

5. See how they run with their hoops! Grace is a little ahead of Arthur now. Arthur does not try to get ahead of Grace.

6. Arthur has a large black

dog, and Grace has a large black and white cat. They never scratch and bite each other.

7. The dog and cat eat out of the same dish, and they sleep on the same bed.

8. Sometimes the dog barks in the night and wakes the cat; but he does not do it to wake her.

9. He barks to keep bad folks and bad animals away. The dog likes the cat almost as well as Arthur likes Grace.

10. Arthur has a wagon and harness for his dog, and Grace made a little harness for her cat.

11. Sometimes they harness