THE MOTHER GOAT.
Once there lived an old goat who had seven young ones. She loved them as every mother loves her children. One day she wished to go into the forest to get food for her children. So, calling them to her, she said:
“Dear children, I am going into the forest to get you something to eat. Now be on your guard against the wolf; for, if he comes here, he will eat you up. But you will know him by his rough voice and his black feet.”
The little goats replied: “Dear mother, we will be very careful and pay close attention to what you say. You need not be at all anxious about us.” So the mother bleated a good-bye and ran off quite contented.
Model Treatment.
1. Why was the mother goat going to the forest?
About what animal did she tell them?
How were they to know him? Tell what the little goats said in reply.
Reproduction by the children.
2. Where have you seen a goat? What animal does the goat look like? What does he eat? Where does he live? What kind of a voice has the goat? What kind of feet has he?
Tell what you know about a forest? What is found in a forest?
3. Tell what the goat did that shows she was a kind and careful mother? Who cares for you and gives you food and clothing and sends you to school? What does your father do to help care for you? Your mother?
Tell the promise the little goats made.
Tell how you think they acted.
II.
Preparation.
The story will now tell us how the wolf came and tried to get into the house. How do you think he tried to get in?
Tell how he might get in.
Narration.