Part 7 (2/2)
[Ill.u.s.tration: ”_There were three beautiful eggs_”]
THINGS TO DO
_Show what the bear did when he heard Bodo sobbing._ _Draw the picture of the bear._ _Model a bird's nest in clay._ _Ask some one to read you the story of a little baby who lived with some wolves. It is in the Jungle Book._
XIV.
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
Do you think that Bodo ever had any bread and sugar?
Did he ever have any candy?
What could he find that was sweet?
How do bees make their honey?
Where do they store it?
_How Bodo Found Wild Honey_
Bodo never had any candy.
n.o.body knew how to make it.
But he knew where to find the wild honey.
He had found some one day in a hollow tree.
He learned to track a bee home to its tree.
When he found a bee-tree he robbed the swarm.
Sometimes the bees stung him, but he was used to getting hurt.
[Ill.u.s.tration: ”_The bees stung him_”]
THINGS TO DO
_Watch the bees as they gather honey from the flowers._ _What flowers do they visit?_ _Do all bees look alike? Do all bees do the same kind of work?_ _Draw a picture that will show how they work among the flowers._ _See if you can find some wild honey._
XV.
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
Do you think that the wild horses had leaders for their herds?
What would the leader have to do?
What might happen to the horses that did not follow the leader?
What could Bodo learn by watching the wild horses?
_Bodo Follows the Wild Horses_
Two or three years pa.s.sed by.
Bodo was now about ten years old.
He still lived on the wooded hills.
One afternoon he went to the river.
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