THE WOLF.

A boy named John was once taking care of some sheep, not far from a forest. ear by was a !i""age, and he was to"d to ca"" for he"p if there was any danger. One day, in order to ha!e some f#n, he cried o#t, with a"" his might, $The wo"f is coming% the wo"f is coming%$ The men came r#nning with c"#bs and a&es to sa!e the boy from the wo"f. As they saw nothing they went home again, and "eft John "a#ghing in his s"ee!e. As he had had so m#ch f#n this time, John cried o#t again, the ne&t day, $The wo"f% the wo"f%$ The men came again, b#t not so many as the first time. Again t hey saw no trace of the wo"f' so they shook their heads, and went back. On the third day, the wo"f came in earnest. John cried in dismay, $He"p% he"p% the wo"f% the wo"f%$ (#t not a sing"e man came to he"p him. The wo"f broke into the f"ock, and ki"" ed a great many sheep. Among them was a bea#tif#" "amb, which be"onged to John. Then he fe"t !ery sorry that he had decei!ed his friends and neighbors, and grie!ed o!er the "oss of his pet "amb. The tr#th itse"f is not be"ie!ed, f rom one who often has d ecei!ed. ). Why does the boy sho#t, *The wo"f is coming+, -. Why wi"" no one he"p the boy when the wo"f comes+ .. What do yo# think the boy "earned by the end of the story+ /.

What do the peop"e0s actions te"" yo# abo #t how they fee" abo#t wo"!es+

1A2 A 3 H45 64TE

. 1ay was tho#ght to be an odd boy. 2o# wi"" think him s o, too, when yo# ha!e read this story. 1ay "iked we"" eno#gh to p"ay with the boys at schoo"' yet he "iked better to be a"one #nder the shade of some tree, reading a fairy ta"e or dreaming daydreams. (#t there was one sport that he "iked as we"" as his companions' that was kitef"ying. One day when he was f"ying his kite, he said to himse"f, $4 wonder if anybody e!er tried to f"y a kite at night. 4t seems to me it wo#"d be nice. (#t then, if it were !ery dark, the kite co#"d not be seen. What if 4 sho# "d fasten a "ight to it, tho#gh+ That wo#"d make it show. 47"" try it this !ery night.$ As soon as it was dark, witho#t saying a word to anybody, he took his kite and "antern, and went to a "arge, open "ot, abo#t a 8#arter of a mi"e from his home. $We"" ,$ tho#ght he, $this is strange . How "one"y and sti"" it seems witho#t any other boys aro#nd% (#t 4 am going to f"y my kite, anyway.$ 5o he tied the "antern, which was made of tin p#nched f#"" of sma"" ho"es, to the tai" of his kite. Then he pitched the k ite, and, after se!era" attempts, s#cceeded in making it rise. 9p it went, higher and higher, as 1ay "et o#t the string. When the string was

a"" #nwo#nd, he tied it to a fence' and then he stood and ga:ed at his kite as it f"oated high #p in the air. Wh i"e 1ay was en;oying his sport, some peop"e who were o#t on the street in the !i""age, saw a strange "ight in the sky. They gathered in gro#ps to watch it. ow it was sti"" for a few seconds, then it seemed to be ;#mping #p and down' then it made "ong swee ps back and forth thro#gh the air. $What can it be+$ said one person. $How strange%$ said another. $4t can not be a comet' for comets ha!e tai"s,$ said a third. $<erhaps it7s a big firef"y,$ said another. At "ast some of the men determined to find o# t what this strange "ight was = whether it was a hobgob"in dancing in the air, or something dropped from the sky. 5o off they started to get as near it as they co#"d. Whi"e this was taking p"ace, 1ay, who had got tired of standing, was seated in a fence c orner, behind a tree. He co#"d see the men as they approached' b#t they did not see him. When they were direct"y #nder the "ight, and saw what it was, they "ooked at each other, "a#ghing, and said, $This is some boy7s trick' and it has foo"ed #s nice"y . Let #s keep the secret, and ha!e o#r share of the ;oke.$ Then they "a#ghed again, and went back to the !i""age' and some of the peop"e there ha!e not yet fo#nd o#t what that strange "ight was. When the men had gone, 1ay tho#ght it was time for him to go' so he wo#nd

#p his string, picked #p his kite and "antern, and went home. His mother had been wondering what had become of him. When she heard what he had been doing, she hard"y knew whether to "a#gh or sco"d' b#t 4 think she "a#ghed, a nd to"d him that it was time for him to go to bed. >#estions ). How is 1ay ab"e to f"y his kite at night+ -. What do some of the peop"e think 1ay0s kite is when they see it+ .. Why do yo# think the men watching the kite didn0t go and t e"" the rest of the !i""agers abo#t it+ /. How might peop"e0s fee"ings abo#t 1ay change by the end of the story +

31O?L95 A 3 THE L4 O .
4n 1ome there was once a poor s"a!e whose name was Androc"#s. His master was a cr#e" man, and so #nkind to him that at "ast Androc"#s ran away. He hid himse"f in the wood s for many days' b#t there was no food to be fo#nd, and he grew weak and sick . O ne day he crept into a ca!e and "ay down, and soon he was fast as"eep. After a whi"e a great noise woke him #p. A "ion had come into the ca!e, and was roaring "o#d"y.

Androc"#s was !ery m#ch afraid, for he fe"t s#re that the beast wo#"d ki"" him. 5oon, howe!er, he saw that the "ion was not angry, b#t that he "imped as tho#gh his foot h#rt him. Then Androc"#s grew so bo"d that he took ho"d of the "ion7s "ame paw to see what was the matter. The "ion stood 8#ite sti"", and r #bbed his head against the man7s sho#"der. He seemed to say, = $4 know that yo# wi"" he"p me.$ Androc"#s "ifted the paw from the gro#nd, and saw that it was a "ong, sharp thorn which h#rt the "ion so m#ch. He took the end of the thorn in his fingers' then h e ga!e a strong, 8#ick p#"", and o#t it came. The "ion was f#"" of ;oy. He ;#mped abo#t "ike a dog, and "icked the hands and feet of his new friend. Androc"#s was not at a"" afraid after this' and when night came, he and the "ion "ay down and s"ept side by side. For a "ong time, the "ion bro#ght food to Androc"#s e!ery day' and the two became s#ch good friends, that Androc"#s fo#nd his new "ife a !ery happy one. One day some so"diers who were passing thro#gh the wood fo#nd Androc"#s in the ca!e. They knew w ho he was, and so took him back to 1ome. 4t was the "aw at that time that e!ery s"a!e who ran away from his master sho#"d be made to fight a h#ngry "ion. 5o a fierce "ion was sh#t #p for a whi"e witho#t food, and a time was set for the fight. When the day came, tho#sands of peop"e crowded to see the sport. They went to s#ch p"aces at that time !ery m#ch as peop"e now

@ a @ days go to see a circ#s or a game of base ba"". The door opened, and poor Androc"#s was bro#ght in. He was !ery afraid , for t he roars of the "ion co#"d a"ready be heard. He "ooked #p, and saw that there was no pity in the tho# sands of faces aro#nd him. Then the h#ngry "ion r#shed in. With a sing"e bo#nd he reached the poor s"a!e. Androc"#s ga!e a great cry, not of fear, b#t of g"adness. 4t was his o"d friend, the "ion of the ca!e. The peop"e, who had e&pected to see the man ki""ed by the "ion, were fi""ed with wonder. They saw Androc"#s p#t his arms aro#nd the "ion7s neck' they saw the "ion "ie down at his feet, and "ick them "o !ing"y' they saw the great beast r#b his head against the s"a!e7s face as tho#gh he wanted to be petted. They co#"d not #n der stand what it a"" meant. After a whi"e they asked Androc"#s to te"" them abo#t it. 5o he stood #p before them, and, with his arm aro#nd the "ion7s neck, to"d how he and the beast had "i!ed together in the ca!e. $4 am a man,$ he said' $b#t no man has e!er befriended me. This poor "ion a"one has been kind to me' and we "o!e each other as brothers.$ The peop"e were not so bad that they co#"d be cr#e" to the poor s"a!e now.

$Li!e and be free%$ they cried. $Li!e and be free%$ Others cried, $Let the "ion go free too% Ai!e both of them their "iberty%$ And so Androc"#s was set free, and the "ion was gi!en to him for his own. And they "i!ed t ogether in 1ome for many years. ). Why did Androc"#s he"p the "ion in the ca!e+ -. What "aw says that Androc"#s m#st fight a "ion+ .. Why do yo# think the crowd wants Androc"#s and the "ion to be free+ /. What do yo# think this story is trying to teach yo#+

A1A?E 3A1L4 A
4t was a dark 5eptember morning. There was a storm at sea. A ship had been dri!en on to a "ow rock off the shores of the Farne 4s"ands. 4t had been broken in two by the wa!es, and ha"f of it had been washed away. The other ha"f "ay yet on the rock, and those of the crew who were sti "" a"i!e were c"inging to it. (#t the wa!es were dashing o!er it, and in a "itt"e whi"e it too wo#"d be carried to the bottom of the sea . ?o#"d any one sa!e the poor, ha"f @ drowned men who were there+ On one of the is"ands was a "ight @ ho#se' and there, a"" thro#gh tha t stormy

night, Arace 3ar"ing had "istened to the storm. Arace was the da#ghter of the "ight @ ho#se keeper, and she had "i!ed by the sea as "ong as she co#"d remember. 4n the darkness of the night, abo!e the noise of the winds and wa!es, she heard screams a nd wi"d cries. When day @ "ight came, she co#"d see the wreck, a mi"e away, with the angry waters a"" aro#nd it. 5he co#"d see the men c"inging to the masts. $We m#st try to sa!e them%$ she cried. $Let #s go o#t in the boat at once%$ $4t is of no #se, Arace, $ said her father. $We cannot reach them.$ He was an o"d man, and he knew the force of the mighty wa!es. $We cannot stay here and see them die,$ said Arace. $We m#st at "east try to sa!e them.$ Her father co#"d not say, $ o.$ 4n a few min#tes they were rea dy. They set off in the hea!y "ightho#se boat. Arace p#""ed one oar, and her father the other, and they made straight toward the wreck. (#t it was hard rowing against s#ch a sea, and it seemed as tho#gh they wo#"d ne!er reach the p"ace. At "ast they were c "ose to the rock, and now they were in greater danger than before. The fierce wa!es broke against the boat, and it wo#"d ha!e been dashed in pieces, had it not been for the strength and ski"" of the bra!e gir". A fter many tri es , Arace7s father fina""y c"imbed #pon the wreck, whi"e Arace

herse"f he"d the boat. Then one by one the worn @ o#t crew were he"ped on board. 4t was a"" that the gir" co#"d do to keep the frai" boat from being drifted away, or broken #pon the sharp edges of the rock. Then her father c"ambe red back into his p"ace. 5trong hands grasped the oars, and soon a"" were safe in the "ightho#se. There Arace pro!ed to be no "ess tender as a n#rse than she had been bra!e as a sai"or. 5he cared most kind"y for the ship @ wrecked men #nti" the storm ha d died away and they were strong eno#gh to go to their own homes. A"" this happened a "ong time ago, b#t the name of Arace 3ar"ing wi"" ne!er be forgotten. 5he "ies b#ried now in a "itt"e ch#rch @ yard by the sea, not far from her o"d home. E!ery year many p eop"e go there to see her gra!e' and there is a mon#ment has been p"aced in honor of the bra!e gir". 4t is not a "arge mon#ment, b#t it is one that speaks of the nob"e deed which made Arace 3ar"ing famo#s. 4t is a fig#re car!ed in stone of a woman "ying at re st, with a boat7s oar he"d fast in her right hand. >#estions ). How did Arace know there was a ship wreck+ -. Why was it so dangero#s to resc#e the crew+ .. Why co#"d the father not say * o, to Arace0s p"an to sa!e the peop"e+ /. Why do yo# think peop"e sti"" remember Arace 3ar"ing today+