I told you to look for Indostan in Asia. Point it out on the map. (A pupil points to it.)
What are we told about these men? They gave much of their time to study.
What do you suppose was their favourite way of finding out things? This lesson makes me think that they liked to find out things by their own efforts.
Why do you think that? Because it says that they wanted to "satisfy" their minds by their own "observations".
In what other ways do boys and girls satisfy their minds about new things? By asking questions about them until the answers satisfy them.
What other way do you use sometimes? We read books to learn about many new things.
What did the first man learn? He thought he had learned that the elephant was "like a wall".
Why do you say thought? He hadn't really learned it. He stopped making observations just as soon as he had one idea.
Why do you think he did that? I think he was in a hurry to be the first to state what he knew.
What words in the poem suggest that idea to you? The words "At once began to bawl".