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Class V. B.
(Translate the first part only. End with the word "free.")
Down sank the shark in the clear water and swam right below the ship. Turning on its back, it opened wide its jaws and swallowed both bait and hook. A strong pull at the rope by the sailors fastened the hook deep in the shark's body. At once the creature struggled desperately to get free.
But the rope was strong, and the men held fast and pulled with a will. The shark was caught at last and killed. Then once more the ship spread her sails to the breeze and bounded on her way This method of catching the shark is often practised on board ships sailing in the
across the sea.
Tropics.
Class VI. A.
(Translate the first part only. End with the words "remained without the latch.”)
The farmer's wife was always telling him that he ought to get the latch mended; but he used to say that it would cost six-pence, and that it was not worth while. He said that the children might as well be driving the sheep and poultry in and out of the yard and the field as be doing nothing. So the gate remained without the latch.
One day a fat pig got out of its sty, and, pushing open the gate, ran into the field, and thence wandered into a thick wood. The pig was soon missed.
Class VI. B.
(Translate the first part only. End with the word "straw.")
The fly has no jaws or teeth with which to chew its food, but it has something which does quite as well. Its lips are made into a fine tube, and it sucks up its food, just as we have often sucked up water through a straw.
I am sure you must often have wondered how a fly can walk up the walls of a room or along the ceiling. On its feet it has a great number of small hairs which have the power of sticking to the wall, and thus it can hang, back downwards, quite easily.
Class VI. C.
(Translate the first part only. End with the words “give him some.”)
A poor woman, in one of the cities of India, had a stall in the market-place, where she sold fruit. An elephant used to go by, and always stopped to look at her stall. She knew how fond the elephant was of fruit; and she used, now and then, to give him some.
One day the elephant fell into a passion with his keeper. He broke loose, and ran through the market, trampling down everything before him.
Class VII. A.
(Translate the first part only. End with the words “pick up.”)
One day the window was open, and the bird flew out. Its master thought it was lost; but it soon came back. After that, it was allowed to fly in and out as it pleased. It always took care to be in at meal times, when there were crumbs for it to pick up.
Summer and winter passed away, and still the bird never tried to leave its master. It might be out for hours, but it always came back.
Class VII. B.
(Translate the first part only.
End with the words "lays its eggs.")
water the swan builds its nest. It is made of dry
Among the bushes and high grass near the
sticks or rushes and is placed on the ground. Here the swan lays its eggs.
As soon as the young ones are hatched, away the little creatures run to the water! They need no school and no teaching, for God has made them so that they can swim at once.