Yes, they like to live in the clear water. Mary says she saw her image. What have you at home that shows you your image? The mirror.
Yes, the brook is somewhat like the mirror. Did you see images of any other things? Yes, I saw images of the trees, and some stones, and I saw the images of the ducks that were swimming.
Willie says that he saw some pretty pebbles. Does the brook make any noise? Yes, it seems to sing when it runs over the pebbles, but in the deep places it does not make a noise.
PRESENTATION
Now I shall read you a little poem about a brook. (Read with emphasis, even with slight exaggeration.) Now, where did this brook begin? In "a fountain".
What is that? A spring of water.
Where was the fountain? "In a mountain".
What is that? A high hill.
Was it very large where it started? No, the lesson says it was only "Drops of water" and it trickled "through the grasses".
What does it mean by "Trickling through the grasses"? It means that there was so little of it that the blades of grass seemed almost to check its source.