Cloud, do not come.
Wind, do not blow.
Keep still, keep still.
A leaf is broken.
Another! Another!
All gone! All gone!
No beautiful leaves.
I wish I had bright green leaves.
VI
In the morning. Oh, my pretty green leaves!
No one will steal them.
Nothing will break them.
I shall not need to keep still.
I will dance.
Dance! dance! dance!
VII
Goat, do not come here.
These are my leaves.
I want them.
They are pretty.
Oh, oh, oh!
All my pretty leaves are gone.
What shall I do?
I wish I had my needles.
VIII
Oh, mother, mother, see!
I have my old leaves.
I like them.
They are best of all.
No one will steal them.
Nothing will break them.
Nothing will eat them.
I can keep them.
My dear old leaves!
(III) Nature Study as a Basis for the Reading. The subjects in which the pupils are most interested are made the basis for the reading lessons.
Sometimes there is a guessing game like the following: The teacher, holding a flower in her closed hand, writes:—