Part 7 (1/2)
”Eilene becahtened at first and clutched the rabbed at her, but she was too quick for her, for she changed herself into a bird and flew out of the reaches of the witch
”Shaking her fist at the girl she et you yet'
”Then the witch returned to her caldron and Eilene returned to the moon Mr Moon then advised her to be careful for Crono wanted her for her prisoner She did not heed this because she thought that she could outwit Crono with all her fairy power, but she was mistaken, for Crono hadat the ot up in the sky, Eilene's hands and feet were tied, and before Mr Moon could help her, what little power that fat personage possessed was taken fro black cat which noays acco Jack-o'-Lanterns of how she captured Eilene
”Because Mr Moon loved Eilene so well, Crono gave him a picture of the fairy, which he always keeps near him, and even to this day, if we look up at the moon, we can see the picture of Eilene So let us reh the black cat does appear fierce, she is really good at heart”
VI The Crow and the Scarecrow
When corn was sprouting, ”Crows and Scarecroas announced as a topic, and one Irish lad, giving rein to his iination, wrote:--
THE CROW AND THE SCARECROW
”Having a story to write concerning a crow, I decided to go to the zoological gardens and seek an intervieith one of the species Accordingly I went, and after passing nu all kinds of anie all by hi bird with coal-black feathers that glistened in the sunlight
”I made a bow, explained my errand and asked for a story He cocked his head to one side, looked steadily for a few seconds and then actually winked atman,' he said in a throaty voice, 'you have certainly coht place But as it is near my lunch time I must be brief
”'In the first place, I was the leader of as wild and mischievous a band of crows as you ever heard tell of There was one particular farm in our territory we loved to visit The owner's narouchiest, most miserly round that was tilled, he did it himself Asvisit, digging up his newly planted seeds, nibbling at the young green shoots, or, later on, scratching up his potatoes All his shouting and screa did not scare us a bit One day one ofwith the news that Silas had a farhed and said, ”If there is another man on the farate Sure enough, out in a patch of potatoes was ahim quite a while, I saw he did not move or make a noise as Silas would He just stood still I came down to take a closer look, ho should co and shouting, ”Now I have so to keep you away The scarecrow shall keep you frohed, but I watchedand scratched off his cap Then the story was out It was only a straw man I went back towe had picked the scarecrow to pieces Next day I was unfortunate enough to put my foot in a wire trap and then they sent me up here for life'
”At thisto eat, so I bade hilish, in these classes, is so alive with interest that the children write with ardor and read eagerly the literature which, improperly handled, they learn so soon to despise
The tied with interest if they are linked to life The most irksome task has its pleasant aspects Even the three R's ht
VII School and Honificant for the future is the hich is being done in a few cities to train girls for their chief work in life--ho
The home schools at Indianapolis and Providence are, perhaps, typical
The Indianapolis School Board bought a number of wretched homes near one school in a crowded district The boys in the school renovated the ho shop, another into a mop factory, and still a third into a shoe-shop In these shops the children of the school did their trade work Another house was made into a model home--(model for that quarter)--in which the doirls took entire charge, living in it by the day There they were taught, by practical experience, the art of ho
The home school of Providence, Rhode Island, under the direction of Mrs
Ada Wilson Trowbridge, has received nation-wide recognition Six hundred dollars, appropriated by the Board of Education, renovated and furnished the flat on Willard Avenue in which the school is held
The girls who elect to take work in the home school--the work is wholly elective--may come on Monday and Tuesday, or on Wednesday and Thursday
The hours are 4 to 6, or 7:30 to 9:30 On Friday, anyone cora pupils come fro list of day classes indicate the popularity of the school
”We try to keep the school like the hoirls coe, as she showed her tastefully arranged aparth School worked out the color scheht theand durable”