Part 23 (1/2)

Write statements containing each of the following words, used in such a manner as to show their proper meaning: _herd, heard; need, knead; no, know; way, weigh; knew, new_.

Make out an _a.n.a.lysis_ of the two lessons, and use it in telling the story in your own words.

LESSON XXIII.

ob served', _saw; noticed_.

trans par'ent, _clear; easily seen through_.

ma te'ri al, _that of which any thing is made or to be made_.

ob tained', _taken from; received_.

gar'ments, _articles of clothing_.

verd'ure, _any green growth_.

a dorn', _dress with taste; beautify_.

par tic'ular, _of an unusual kind_.

va ri'e ty, _a number of different kinds_.

del'i cate, _gentle; tender_.

ca ressed', _treated with fondness_.

A QUEER PEOPLE.

One evening, as Captain Perry was sitting by the fireside at his home in Liverpool, his children asked him to tell them a story.

[Ill.u.s.tration]

”What shall it be about?” said the captain.

”O,” said Harry, ”tell us about other countries, and the curious people you have seen in them.”

”Yes, yes!” exclaimed Mary. ”We were much interested, while you were away the last time, in reading 'Gulliver's Travels' and 'Sindbad the Sailor.'”

”You have seen as wonderful things as they did, haven't you, father?”

said Harry.

”No, my dears,” said the captain. ”I never met such wonderful people as they tell about, I a.s.sure you; nor have I seen the 'Black Loadstone Mountain' or the 'Valley of Diamonds.'”