them to the wagon, as you see in the picture, and Arthur's little brother Berty gets into the wagon and drives them.

12. If they go too fast he has only to speak to the dog, and he will stop.

13. The cat does not mind so well, but she has to stop too, for she is not large enough to draw the dog and the wagon.

14. Berty drives his "horses" with lines, and he can make them go any way he wants them to without speaking to them.

15. The children have fine sport with the hoops and the horses.

16. Arthur and Grace never get angry, nor say bad words; and though they like to play so well, they like to read too; but I think they like to play better than they like to read.

17. That is right; for such little children should play more than they read. Don't you think

THE FLYING STARS.

1. Mother, I caught a little star, But then I let it go;

I let it go again, because

The poor thing struggled so.

2. I caught it in my little hand,
Down in the marshes, where
Hundreds have fallen from the sky,
And now are sparkling there.

3. And though the meadow is so wet,
Yet they are still as bright

As when so high up in the sky;—
Ah, such a pretty sight!

4. And they are dancing all about,
In such a funny play;

The one I had lit up my hand,
But I let it fly away.

5. And, mother, I have found out now,
Books teach what is not right;
They say the little tiny stars
Are monstrous globes of light.

[legs,

6. But now I know it is not so,
For all that books may say;
They're long black bugs, with six small
And wings to fly away.

LESSON XXXVI.

bell

shelves sly

himself

teeth wires joke alone
hung plague sound doing
roof chance rang music
even caught loud
gnaw friends from

spite
efforts

doors flight grief

trouble

THE RAT WITH THE BELL.

1. A large house was so full of rats that not a thing could be kept from their teeth.

2. Shelves were hung from the roof by wires, but the rats would get at the bread and cheese and pies that were put on them.

3. They would even gnaw their way through floors and doors and walls, to get what they wanted; and they were so sly and quick that the cat could not get them.

4. So great was the plague of these rats, that it was thought the only way to get rid of them would be to tear down the house.

5. By a rare chance, two boys caught a young rat in a trap.