THE ROBBERS RETURN.

The robbers did not go very far away. They hid in the woods and watched to see what went on in the house. Along about midnight one of the robbers said: “See, the light is out. Perhaps the police have gone away.” “Yes,” said all the other robbers, as they looked, “the light is out.”

The captain of the robbers then sent one of the band to see if all was safe. He stole softly through the woods and crept into the house. When once in he saw something shining in the fireplace. It was the cat’s eyes, but he thought it was two coals of fire. So he took the candle from the table and stooped to light it at the coals. The cat at once sprang at him and scratched his face with her claws. The robber, badly scared, ran out of the house. As he ran, the dog awoke and bit him in the leg. The donkey kicked him, and the cock cried out, “Cock—a—doodle—do.” Still worse frightened, he ran back to where the others were hiding.

“Oh!” he said, “I wouldn’t go back there for the world! There was a terrible old woman sitting by the fireplace. She scratched me with her long finger nails. A man lay behind the door: he cut me in the leg with his long knife. A giant, who was lying in the yard, struck me with his great club. Then some one cried out, ‘Bring a rope and hang the thief.’ So I ran back as fast as I could.”

When the other robbers heard this they all said, “No, it is not safe to go back there;” and they went away to another part of the country. The four musicians liked the little house in the woods so much that they remained there all the rest of their days in joy and comfort.

Model Treatment.

1. Tell where the robbers went when they ran away. Tell what the one said who saw that the light was out. What did the captain then say? What did the cat do to the robber? The dog? The donkey? The cock? Tell what report he made to his brother robbers. What did they then do?

2. Why did the robber go to the fireplace? What is a candle? What do we use in place of candles? A long time ago people used candles. Of what were they made? What is burned in lamps? Where do we get it? Where do we get gas? Can cats see better than dogs or donkeys or chickens? Where do cats sleep? Dogs? Donkeys? Cocks?

Why do chickens sleep up so high?

Why are robbers afraid of police?

What are policemen?

What is their duty? Who pays policemen? In what other stories did we hear of a fireplace? (In “The Cock and the Hen.”) Tell about it.

Detail of Form Work.

PART.	MAKING.	DRAWING.	CUTTING.	DRAMATIZATION.
I.	The animals modeled in clay.	The donkey, the dog, and the cat talking to the cock.	The four animals on their journey.	The meeting of the four animals.
II.	The robbers’ house (of paper).	The four animals frightening the robbers.	The robbers hidden in the wood.	The four animals in the forest and frightening the robbers.
III.	Candle and Standard. (See Worst, Ex. 86).	The robbers running away.	Different kinds of lights and receptacles for lights.	The robber, returning to the house and frightened away by the animals.