“There! you have learned to spell ‘cat.’ You see how easy it is.”
“Does that spell ‘pussy’ too?”
“No,––only ‘cat.’ After a time you will be able to spell big words.”
“Let me try something else, Mr. Brush.”
The next word tackled was ‘dog,’ which was soon mastered. When this was accomplished, the teacher paused for a moment. He was trying to think of another word of three letters, but oddly enough could not readily do so.
“Ah,” he exclaimed, “here is another. Now give me the name of that letter,”
“D.”
“And that?”
“A.”
“And that?”