Fool, full; pains, panes; mean, mien; aloud, allowed; few,

feu; pail, pale.

The cup is
He has broken two

He will not be

and he books. He His cheek was of water.

Supply the words omitted in-The | with graceful

boy was a water.

of

the window.

Do you

to do this. will hear. I have a built on another Here is a

Cry

in He has in his legs. to please? She walks

QUESTIONS.

What did the lady give her boy? What did he become? At whom was the boy very angry? What did the servant tell the boy he was? When the lady heard the servant call her boy a fool, what was she? What did she say to the servant? What answer did the servant give? Whom did the lady call? Where was her husband? What

did the master say the servant must do if he did not give the boy what he wanted? What did the boy want? When they knew the boy wanted the servant to bring the moon out of the pail of water, what did they do? What did the husband and wife promise each other? The more they indulged their child, what would they make him?

XVII. THE CLOCK AND THE DIAL.-A FABLE.

Brag'-gart, boaster.

Con'-stant-ly, always.

Coun'-selled, advised.

De-ce'ived, cheated.

Di'-al, round plate which, when lighted up by the sun, shows what o'clock it is.

Scof'fed, mocked.

ONE day a clock scoffed at a dial,
And put his qualities to trial.

Says he to him, "My neighbour, pray,

Canst tell me what's the time of day?"

The sun was hidden then, and so
The dial simply answered, "No."

"Dear me ! what stand you there for, then,
Unable to enlighten men?"

"I wait here till the sun shines bright, For I know nought but by his light."

"Wait on," quoth clock, "I scorn the sun; Both night and day I onward run;

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THE CLOCK AND THE DIAL.

Wind up my weights but once a week,
Without him I can tick and speak;
I do not like a blockhead stand,

But constantly wheel round my hand :
Which tells the hour, as you may see,
While I am striking, one-two-three."

While thus the clock was boasting loud,
The blazing sun broke through a cloud;
The dial, faithful to his guide,

Spake truth, and laid the braggart's pride :
"You see," said he, 66 your hand and tongue
For all your boasting are both wrong,
'Tis half-past four. So count again,
And learn henceforth to be less vain :
Ne'er brag with your continual cant,
That you your answers never want;
Who thinks you 're aye to be believed,
Will often find himself deceived.
Be counselled to behave like me;
For when I do not clearly see,
I own I do not know, and then
I'm trusted by all honest men."

DICTATION.

Allan Ramsay.

Pray, prey; wait, weight; night, knight; hour, our; four,

fore; vain, vane.

Supply the words omitted in--We should for our enemies. The sparrows are the of the hawk. This is very heavy. Will you on me. It is dark at errants were brave. I have

The

QUESTIONS.

What did the clock say to the dial? What did the dial answer? Till when did the dial wait to tell the hours? How long did the clock say it onward ran? How often were its weights wound up? What hour did the clock strike? When the sun shone on the dial, what o'clock

The

on

did it show? If a person thinks a clock always to be believed, what will he often find himself? When one does not clearly see, what is it best to own? If we do so, by whom will we be trusted?

DURING the whole summer the bee is to be seen flying from flower to flower, filling the pouch upon

its thighs with yellow wax, or sucking up the honey from every blossom which it meets; with these gatherings it returns to the hive and delivers the wax to the builders who construct the cells, or dis

gorges its honey into the cells already finished. It sometimes happens that the bee on its way to the hive meets a hungry companion and opens its mouth, from which the hungry bee sucks with its trunk a sufficient supply for its wants; in the same manner when it reaches the hive, it offers its honey to those who are at work, as if to keep them from quitting their labour to go in quest of food.

Some very curious instances have occurred of persons obtaining such an influence over bees as to cause them to obey an order, and to swarm according to pleasure. It is well-known that all the operations of the hive are conducted with reference to the queen-bee. While she moves about the hive, laying within the cells the eggs from which the young bees come, she is ever attended by as numerous a train as waits on the mightiest sovereigns of earth. The working-bees of a single hive amount to about eighteen thousand, and when, in the case of swarming, or from any other cause, they are driven from the hive, they all follow the flight of the queen-bee. The strange influence which some people have been found to possess over these insects is supposed to be connected with this fact.

As the

sting of the bee is only used for its defence, so any one who can guide the queen-bee at his pleasure, may thereby guide the whole movements of the hive.

A person who had acquired this power over his bees could make them swarm on his hat, and alight from time to time on different parts of his body. On one occasion he mounted a swift horse and made

the bees follow him to a great distance, and then led them back to the hive, without their being in the least angry or excited. A Mr. Wildman, who had a similar power over the insects, has been seen to drink a glass of wine, having at the same time, the bees all over his head and face, more than an inch deep; and though several fell into the glass they did not sting him. He even acted the part of a general, marshalling them in battle array on a large table. He divided them into regiments, battalions, and companies, and the moment he uttered the word march, they began to move about in a regular manner, like soldiers on review; nor were these insects ever known to sting any of the numerous company which at different times met to witness this singular spectacle. spectacle. Gleanings of Sacred Philosophy.

DICTATION.

Thigh, high, nigh, sigh; fight, might, night, sight, tight.

Supply the words omitted in-The bee loads its with wax. See that tree which is to my house. when we are sad. Boys who

We

bed at
boys learning.
for my finger.

will be hurt. We
It is a fine
This ring is too

go to to see

QUESTIONS.

What does the bee fill with wax? From what does it suck up the honey? To whom does it deliver the wax? What does it do with the honey? When a bee returning to the hive with honey meets a hungry one, what does it do? When it reaches the hive, to whom does it offer the honey? Why does it offer them the honey? What are all the operations of the hive conducted with reference to? What is the queenbee attended by? How many working bees are in a single hive? When the

bees leave a hive in a swarm, whom do they all follow? Where did the bees swarm at the bidding of a person who had acquired power over them? When this person mounted a swift horse, what did he make the bees do? What did Mr. Wildman do while his bees. were all over his head and face? What did he do with the bees on a large table? What did he divide them into? When he uttered the word march, what did the bees do? What were the bees like ?