Great flapping windmills all over the country make it look as if flocks of huge sea birds were just settling upon it. Every-where one sees the funniest trees, bobbed into all sorts of odd shapes, with their trunks painted a dazzling' white, yellow, or red.
Horses are often yoked three abreast. Men, women, and children, go clattering about in wooden shoes with loose heels.
Husbands and wives lovingly harness themselves side by side on the bank of the canal and drag their produce to market.
Directions for Reading.—Let pupils practice upon the inflections marked in the following
Model.—Houses', bridges', churches', and ships', sprouting into masts', steeples', and trees'.
Which words take the falling inflection?
LESSON XL.
whisk'ing, pulling suddenly and with force.
lus'ti er, stronger; louder.
of fend'ed, made angry.
fa mil'iar, friendly; as of a friend.
ma'tron ly, elderly; motherly.
com mo'tion, noise; confusion.
pant'ed, breathed quickly.
sa lute', greeting.
mute, silent; unable to speak.
stur'dy, strong; powerful.
ker'chiefs, pieces of cloth worn about the head.
a do', trouble; delay.
in'mates, the persons in a house.