Thou mayst stay with us.

Thou shalt be well lodged.

Art thou right cleanly?

Mind thou tell no tales.

I promise thee.

Change these sentences into modern English.

6. Assign parts for the children to memorize so as to dramatize the story. Act the parts with spirit.

7. Write a brief description of the home and surroundings of the miller in the midst of the forest.

8. In the following sentences notice the use of, (a) may and can.

Can you tell me the way to Nottingham?

Thou mayst stay with us till morning.

May I ask for a night's lodging?

Ay, any fool may know that.

Make other sentences using may and can.

(b) Don't, doesn't, and won't.

Don't come near me.

The miller doesn't know the king.

Don't cut off my head, your Majesty! It won't do

anybody else any good.

Make six other sentences using don't, doesn't, and

won't.

(c) Give, shake, and know.

I will gladly give thee lodging.

I must know thee better, before we shake hands.

So all shall be well.

Thou shalt be well lodged in my house.

I will give thee a bed of fresh straw.

Thou shalt sleep like a prince.

I will answer for it; thou'lt have no cause to complain of me on that score.

He shall never know any more of it through me.
Will you show me that fine bed you spoke of?

9. Drink, eat, hang, show, speak, draw, sink, arise.

Give oral sentences with the three forms of each.

2. Tell of the sports and games of children under the branches of the old apple-tree.

3. If the old apple-tree could talk what stories could it tell?

4. If you were planting an orchard what kind of apple-trees would you plant and why?

5. Write a fuller account of one of the four topics named above.

6. Read the following stanzas on the Planting of the Apple-Tree written by the poet, Bryant:

What plant we in this apple-tree?

Buds, which the breath of summer days

Shall lengthen into leafy sprays;

Boughs where the thrush, with crimson breast,

Shall haunt and sing and hide her nest;

We plant, upon the sunny lea,

A shadow for the noontide hour,

A shelter from the summer shower,

When we plant the apple-tree.

What plant we in this apple-tree?
Sweets for a hundred flowery springs
To load the May-wind's restless wings,
When, from the orchard row, he pours
Its fragrance through our open doors;
A world of blossoms for the bee,
Flowers for the sick girl's silent room,
For the glad infant sprigs of bloom,
We plant with the apple-tree.

What plant we in this apple-tree?
Fruits that shall swell in sunny June,
And redden in the August noon,
And drop, when gentle airs come by,
That fan the blue September sky,

When children come, with cries of glee,
And seek them where the fragrant grass
Betrays their bed to those who pass,

At the foot of the apple-tree.

7. Copy the first stanza, noting capitals and markings. In the second stanza explain what is meant by "flowery springs." Tell what the winds of May do. When do bees come to the apple orchard? What use is made of the apple-tree blossoms?