"He told me,” replied the other, "never again to believe or trust such a man as you.”

Exercises

1. Read the story through, noting the parts that are in dialogue form and require quotation marks. Tell the story orally.

2. Observe the use of the comma, quotation marks (""), the question mark, and the period.

3. Study the following words, which have two meanings, and are spelled differently: road, rode; their, there; threw, through; bear, bare. Use these words in sen

tences.

4. State the lesson that is taught by this story. Why did the young man fail to fulfil his promise?

5. Read the story again, taking note of the difficult words for spelling, and then write it from memory. After completing the writing compare it with the printed story and make corrections. Make this a class exercise.

And wouldn't it be pleasanter
To treat it as a joke,

And say you're glad 'twas Dolly's,
And not your head that broke?

Suppose you're dressed for walking
And the rain comes pouring down,
Will it clear off any sooner

Because you scold and frown?

And wouldn't it be nicer

For you to smile than pout,

And so make sunshine in the house

When there is none without?-Phoebe Cary.

Exercises

1. The girls may answer the question in the first

stanza.

Did you ever break your doll? How did you feel about it?

2. The boys may answer the question in the second

stanza.

3. Read the poem silently and prepare to read it orally in a lively style.

4. Read the two stanzas again, observing the use of capitals, question marks, and commas.

5. Memorize the two stanzas completely, and be able to recite them in class.

6. Now write the two stanzas in full from memory, putting in all the markings, capitals, correct spelling, etc. 7. Compare it with the poem in the book and correct any mistakes in your copy.

8. Notice the words in italics in the following sen

tences:

The doll broke her head. The doll has broken her head.

As the words were spoken, the doll's head was broken. The rain came pouring down. The boys had come tearing into the house.

9. Notice the words wouldn't, you're, and 'twas. These are shortened forms or contractions. The full forms are would not, you are, and it was. A letter has been omitted in each of the contractions.

How do we show this omission?

STUDY 13

CONTRACTIONS

In conversation we often omit a part of a word, as: I'll return home to-morrow. It's my opinion that he's mistaken.

When written out in full, I'll means I shall; it's means it is; he's means he is.

An apostrophe (') is used where a letter is omitted.

These shortened forms of words are called what? In the following stanzas study the lines, making a note of the contractions and of the quotation marks that enclose certain words or phrases. Observe also how the quotation marks are used and what they denote.

"Let's go to bed," says Sleepy-head;

"Let's stay a while," says Slow :

"Put on the pot," says Greedy-sot,

"We'll sup before we go."-Mother Goose.

O, velvet bee, you're a dusty fellow;

You've powdered your legs with gold!

O, brave marsh marybuds, rich and yellow,
Give me your money to hold!-Jean Ingelow.

Write out the contracted forms in full, as, Let's-let us, etc.

From these verses and from the following we may notice the use of the comma and other markings: