PART I.—NARRATION. CHAPTER I.-FABLES.1 LESSON I. I. Memorize:-FROM RECOLLECTIONS O ARABIAN NIGHTS." When the breeze of a joyful dawn blew free The tide of time flow'd back with me, -Alfred Tennyson. II. Theme: THE FOX AND THE GRAPE One autumn day, when the grapes were ripe, a into a vineyard. Spread out on trellises above great masses of luscious grapes, and he longed for He made many a jump, but the grapes were high could not reach them. Tired out at last, he said 1 REFERENCES FOR READING. Joseph Jacobs, The Fables The Fables of La Fontaine, translated by Lestrange. I self, "Ugh! I don't care. The grapes are sour anyway!" and made off. III. Oral Composition.-1. Express in different words: —(1) The fox stole into a vineyard. (2) The grapes were spread out on trellises. (3) He longed for one of the luscious bunches. (4) He was tired out. (5) The grapes are sour anyway. (6) He made off. 2. Exercises of Invention.-Imitate the fable above in telling the story of (1) The Cow and the Clover-field. (2) The Boy and the Football-team. (3) The Man and the position on the Railway. (4) The Girl and the Diamond Ring. IV. Principles-Capital Letters.-Rule 1. Note that capital letters must be used at the beginning of (a) titles of books, poems, essays, stories: Tennyson's "Recollections of the Arabian Nights." Blake's "Songs of Innocence." "The Pied Piper." and (b) at the beginning of each new sentence: and (c) at the beginning of each line of poetry:— When the breeze of a joyful dawn blew free In the silken sail of infancy. Rule 2. Note that capital letters must be used with all important words in titles-always with nouns and adjectives, and also with other kinds of words when promi nent: "Songs of Innocence." "The Fox and the Grapes." “The Pied Piper." "Much Ado about Nothing." "How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix." "All's Well that Ends Well." FABLES. EXERCISE.-Rewrite the following titles corre ing the reason for each capital letter used:-( "Songs of innocence." (2) Scott's "lady of (3) Andersen's "fairy tales." (4) Gray's "e country churchyard." (5) "the merchant of V "the merry wives of Windsor." (6) "twelfth what you will.” (7) "verses on various occasi "the man who would be king." (9) "the h haunts of the British poets." (10) "the bishop tomb at Saint Praxed's church." (11) It is nev to mend. V. Composition.-I. Write from memory th the Fox and the Grapes, or, changing the charac Cow and the Clover-field, or the Boy and the team, etc. 2. Write the story of the Country Mouse and Mouse. OUTLINE. The Title. The Introduction. The two friends-the invitation to the Coun The Story-The First Scene. The arrival in the Country-the scanty fare-peace The City Mouse's comment—the invitation to the City. The Second Scene. The arrival in town-the fine feast-the entrance of p dog-fright and flight. The Country Mouse's commen Conclusion. The moral. 3. Imitate the story of the Country Mouse and Mouse, taking (1) the wild thrush and the tam (2) The wild rabbit and the tame rabbit. (3) The wolf and the dog (his chain). (4) The country boy (or girl) and the town boy (or girl). LESSON II. I. Memorize:-FROM "THE LAMB." Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? -William Blake. II. Theme: THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. Once upon a time a Wolf saw a Lamb peacefully drinking at a brook. "Aha!" said he to himself, "there's my supper, if I can find an excuse. How dare you muddle the water I am drinking," said the Wolf. "That cannot be," said the Lamb, "I am drinking lower down the stream than you." "Rogue," said the Wolf, “I know you. You called me bad names last winter." "I was not born then," said the Lamb. "Then it was your brother," said the Wolf. "I have no brother, really," said the Lamb. "I don't care," said the Wolf, "it was you or your brother or your father, and it is all the same to me." And he pounced on the poor little Lamb and ate it all up. Any excuse will do for a tyrant. |