LESSON CXX

A dog and a cat went out together

To see some friends just out of town;

Said the cat to the dog, "What d'ye think of the weather?"

"I think, ma'am, the rain will come down; But don't be alarmed, for I've an umbrella That will shelter us both," said this amiable fellow.

I WRITTEN Study very carefully. Write from memory, and verify.

d'

II WRITTEN

ye

Write ma'am out in full. Write

in full. Write the modern form of ye. Write the rule for the comma before for.

III ORAL Repeat rimes containing quotations.

If I'd as much money as I could spend,
I never would cry, Old chairs to mend-
Old chairs to mend! Old chairs to mend!
I never would cry, Old chairs to mend.

If I'd as much money as I could tell,
I never would cry, Old clothes to sell—
Old clothes to sell! Old clothes to sell!
I never would cry, Old clothes to sell.

LESSON CXXI

There was an old woman tossed up in a basket,
Ninety times as high as the moon;

And where she was going I couldn't but ask it,
For in her hand she carried a broom.

"Old woman, old woman, old woman," quoth I, "O whither, O whither, O whither, so high?” "To sweep the cobwebs off the sky."

"Shall I go with you?" "Aye, by and by."

I WRITTEN Quoth is an old word meaning said. A quotation is something somebody has said. Aye means yes, and is pronounced as if it were ah'ee. Study the rime. Write from memory, and verify.

II WRITTEN Copy the following lines:

1 We will now take the yeas and nays.

2 The ayes have it.

3 How many noes were there?

4 There were fourteen yeas and twelve nays.

III ORAL

Recite the interesting rime of today. Give the rules which apply in the poem, and give them in the order in which they are used.

Eat, birds, eat, and make no waste;

I lie here and make no haste;

If my master chance to come,
You must fly, and I must run.

I WRITTEN This is a difficult rime. Notice that Nan's remark is broken into two parts. Each part of a broken quotation is enclosed in quotes. Let's is used for let us. Write from memory, and verify. It would not be incorrect to use periods instead of the semicolons, but periods are not necessary as the sentences are very short.

II WRITTEN

Copy and point off the following

broken quotations:

1 Shall I go now she asked and tell my mother
2 I will go now she said and tell my mother
3 What joy she cried to be free once more

III ORAL Read the following list of meals, which a maid said she must have if she took a certain place. Nommet rimes with crummet, and each is a small cake. You can probably guess the meaning of dew-bit and stay-bit. How many meals per day did the maid expect?

A dew-bit and breakfast,
A stay-bit and luncheon,
A nommet, a crummet,
Tea, dinner, and supper.

LESSON CXXIII

"Who killed Cock Robin ?"
"I," said the Sparrow,
"With my bow and arrow;
I killed Cock Robin."

"Who saw him die?"
"I," said the Fly,
"With my little eye;
I saw him die."

I WRITTEN Study carefully this bit from The Death and Burial of Cock Robin. Notice the broken quotations. Write from memory, and verify.

II WRITTEN Look in the Additional Rimes for other examples of broken quotations. Copy three of these; verify.

III WRITTEN

Point off and capitalize the follow

ing so as to make three different stories:

Nell asked Sue will you come and help me
Nell asked Sue will you come and help me

Nell asked Sue will you come and help me

IV ORAL Read in class the broken quotations that you have copied. If convenient, read the whole poem of Cock Robin in the Additional Rimes.

LESSON CXXIV

The man in the wilderness asked me,
How many strawberries grew in the sea.
I answered him, as I thought good,
As many red herrings as grew in the wood.

I WRITTEN We have today indirect quotations, or those not in the exact words of the speaker. Questions are also called indirect questions when they are repeated by another person. Study the rime. Write from memory, and verify.

II WRITTEN Copy the following rime, in which the quotations have been made direct:

The man in the wilderness asked me,
"How many strawberries grow in the sea?"
I answered him, as I thought good,

"As many red herrings as grow in the wood."

Rule 29 Begin an indirect quotation with a cap, and set off by commas, but do not inclose it in quotes.

III ORAL. What changes were made in the above rime in order to make the quotations direct? What one word did you have to change in two places? What mark did you put in? Remember that if only a part of a sentence is quoted, and this is not the first part, you will not need to begin the quoted portion with a cap. Look thru your readers for further illustrations.