2. Look at the second picture and tell what has happened since the boys tied the dog to the bicycles. How did the boat happen to upset? Is this dog a good swimmer? Could he probably save the drowning boy if he were not tied? What will happen next? This exciting story might end in several ways. Tell the class how you think it ended. Begin your story with the tying of the dog.
52. Letter Writing
It is over a month since you mailed a letter in the class post office. Shall we have another letter-writing day? It might be fun for all the pupils to send short letters to each other.
Written Exercise. 1. Think of a question that you would like to ask one of your classmates.[60] It may be something you really want to know, or it may be a question that you are asking just for fun. It does not matter. Write a short note asking the question.
2. Before mailing the letter, read it over several times with one of the following questions in your mind at each reading:
1. Have you begun the letter correctly? If it begins with a greeting like Dear Tom or Dear Mary, there should be this mark (:) after the name of the pupil to whom you are writing.
2. Have you written your own name in the right place at the end of the letter? No mark should follow your name.
3. Does the first line of the letter begin a little more to the right than the lines below it?
4. Did you place a question mark at the end of the question you are asking?
5. Would it be a good plan to write your letter over so that it will be one of the best and neatest letters in the class post office?
3. The class letter carrier will bring you the letter that one of your classmates has sent you. Write a letter[61] answering the question you have been asked. You know how to write dates. Place in the upper right-hand corner of your letter the date of your writing. The following letter shows the date written in the right place and in the right way:
March 25, 1919
Dear Tom:
The question you sent me is the same as the one my letter asks you. I wonder whether the answers will be the same. My answer is, Yes, I do want to go to the woods next Saturday.