would be the lesson or moral of the fable? There is a line of poetry by Alexander Pope which runs:

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Would this do for a moral? Or would you prefer to say, "Don't half learn your lessons."

Notice that the story has five paragraphs. What is each about? Tell the story in your own words.

50. WRITTEN LESSON

Write in your own words the story of Jocko. Divide your story into several paragraphs. Remember that the first word of each paragraph is to be indented. Some of these stories are to be read aloud. Which is told the best? good enough to go into the class story book?

51. LANGUAGE LESSON

Is it

Write the abbreviations of the names of the months. Which three are never abbreviated?

Write from dictation:

1. Columbus discovered America on Friday, Oct. 12, 1492.

2. The battle of Bunker Hill was fought June 17, 1775. 3. The Declaration of Independence was signed July 4, 1776. 4. Washington was made first president of the United States Apr. 30, 1789.

Note that in writing dates, a comma follows the day of the month; and that a period is used after the abbreviation of the name of the month, as after other abbreviations.

Copy these sentences; fill the blanks with the proper dates:

1. To-day is landed at Plymouth

2. I was born on

3. The Pilgrims

4. Jamestown was settled.

Kate Greenaway, who drew this picture and wrote these verses, was an English artist. She was born in 1846, and died in 1901. She painted many beautiful pictures, but she loved best to draw children. Her pictures of children are famous; no one has better expressed in pictures the love of children and the beauty and charm of childhood.

Observe this picture carefully. What are the children doing? Where are they? What objects do you see in the picture? How many boats? What time of day is it? Do you know any other pictures by Kate Greenaway?

There are now many attractive pictures and verses made for children. How do you like the pictures in this book? Among the best collections of verse for children are Stevenson's Child's Garden of Verses, Field's With Trumpet and Drum, and Sherman's Little Folks' Lyrics.

53. WRITTEN LESSON

Complete the following sentences by saying something that makes sense.

1. My town

2. Good boys and girls

3. George Washington never

4. Kate Greenaway

5. The early bird

6. When the cat's away, the mice

7. Jocko pulled

8. Thanksgiving Day

9. The balloon man

10. The public library

Insert words in the following to make complete sense.

4.

5.

6.

7.

is a busy street.

is the largest store in town.

was founded more than a hundred years ago.

sat in a corner.

9.

is used for fuel.

54. LANGUAGE LESSON

WAS AND WERE. HAS AND HAVE

We have seen that is is used only with singular nouns, and are is used only with plural nouns. (See Lesson 42.)

Was is used only with singular nouns; were is used only with plural nouns,

Was and Were. Has and Have 45

Insert the proper word (was or were) in the following sen

Were is always used with you, whether you means one or Was should never be used with you.

more than one person.

You were alone. You were the best player. Were you the last in the room? Were you not at home?

Always say, you were.

Has is used with singular nouns, and have with plural

8. Where

the dog taken the bone?

Have is always used with I and you.

I have no time. You have the prize. Have I forgotten any

thing? Have you put your hat away?

Always say, I have, you have.

Make sentences using I have, you have, you were.