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nephew to his sister, after trying in vain to make it fly by dragging it along the ground.

Lucy very kindly took it up and threw it into the sair, but, her brother neglecting to run off at the same moment, the kite fell down again.

"Ah! now, how awkward you are!" said he.

"It was your fault entirely," answered his sister. "You should have run as quickly as you could when to I threw the kite up for you."

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"Try again, children," said I.

Lucy once more took up the kite; but now John was in too great a hurry; he ran off so suddenly that he twitched it out of her hand, and the kite fell flat 15 as before.

"Well, who is to blame now?" asked Lucy.
"Try again," said I.

They did, and with more care; but a side wind coming suddenly, as Lucy let go the kite, it was blown against some shrubs, and the tail got entangled in a moment, leaving the poor kite with its head hanging downward.

"There! there!" exclaimed John. "That comes of your throwing it all to one side.”

"As if I could make the wind blow straight," said Lucy.

In the meantime, I went to the kite's assistance, and, having disengaged the long tail, I rolled it up, saying, Come, children, there are too many trees here; let us find a more open space, and then try again."

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We presently found a nice grassplot, at one side of which I took my stand; and all things being pre-15 pared, I tossed the kite up just as little John ran off. It rose with all the dignity of a balloon, and promised a lofty flight; but John, delighted to find it pulling so hard at the string, stopped short to look up and admire. The string slackened, the kite tottered, and, 20 the wind not being very favorable, down came the kite to the grass.

"Oh, John! you should not have stopped," said I. "However, try again."

"I won't try any more," replied he rather sullenly. 25 "It is of no use, you see. The kite won't fly, and I don't want to be plagued with it any longer."

"Oh fie, my man! would you give up the sport,

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after all the pains we have taken both to make and to fly the kite? A few disappointments ought not to discourage us. Come, I have wound up your string, and now try again."

5 And he did try, and succeeded, for the kite was carried up on the breeze as lightly as a feather; and when the string was all out, John stood in great delight, holding fast the stick, and gazing on the kite, which now looked like a little white speck in the blue sky. “Look, look, aunt, how high it fiies! And it pulls like a team of horses, so that I can hardly hold it. I wish I had a mile of string; I am sure it would go to the end of it."

After enjoying the sight as long as he pleased, little 15 John proceeded to roll up the string slowly; and when the kite fell, he took it up with great glee, saying that it was not at all hurt, and that it had behaved very well.

"Shall we come out to-morrow, aunt, after lessons, 20 and try again?"

1. Why did the kite not go up at first? Whose fault was it?

2. This story teaches us to keep on trying; not to give up if things are against us. But it also teaches something more. It teaches teamwork. If John and Lucy had worked together, they would have had much less trouble. Are you trying to "play the game" in good humor with your fellows?

3. What other story in this section teaches us to try again?

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BY ELIZABETH TURNER

HERE was a little grasshopper
Forever on the jump;

And, as he never looked ahead,
He often got a bump.

His mother said to him one day,
As they were in the stubble,
"If you don't look before you leap,
You'll get yourself in trouble."

This silly little grasshopper

Despised his wise old mother, And said he knew what best to do,

And bade her not to bother.