"Well, you must give the meaning."
"I don't know how."
"Say like this," said the young master: "C-a-t, cat, a full-grown kitten."
This exercise was carried on with much spirit until the children were called to dinner.
CHAPTER IV.
THE CANARY EXHIBITION.
After he had eaten his dinner, Fred accompanied his father to the barn to assist him about the work, then fed his fowls and Annie's lamb, after which he returned to the house, eager to hear grandpa's account of the exhibition.