“No,” said Mary Jay, “not till after recess. When you get any directions from your teacher, you must obey them exactly.”
“Where shall I go to play?” said Lucy.
“O, you may go out into the yard and garden, and see what you can find to amuse yourself with.”
CHAPTER VII.
THE RECESS.
Lucy went out through the room by which she had entered, and came to the door, where she had knocked when she came to the house. The door was open, and she walked out. She stood a few minutes upon the great, flat stone, which served for a step, considering which way she should go.
Just then, she recollected that she was thirsty; and so she went back and asked Mary Jay how she should get a drink.
Mary Jay told her to go and look under her shelf in her closet. Lucy went, and she found a little tin mug hanging there upon a nail; for Mary Jay, like all good teachers, had taken pains to consider beforehand what would be necessary for her little pupil, and had provided for every thing, so as to prevent delay and trouble afterwards. This is always the best way in teaching, as well as in every thing else.
“Now,” said Mary Jay, “take that mug, and go out in the yard, and around behind the house, and you will see a small gate. Go through that gate, and you will see a little building with woodbine growing all over it. There you can get a drink.”
“How?” said Lucy.