What Canadian birds could be substituted for the mavis and the cuckoo? The robins, warblers, and goldfinches.
Lead the pupils to examine the arrangement of the rhythm and the refrain, so that they will appreciate the music of the verse. Let each pupil show his appreciation by reading the stanza he likes best.
LITTLE DAFFYDOWNDILLY
(Third Reader, page 223)
The teacher should require the pupils to read the lesson through and then to reproduce its main incidents without any regard to their allegorical significance. Such headings as the following might be suggested by the pupils, and these would serve to guide in this reproduction:
1. Daffydowndilly's dislike of the schoolmaster
2. His decision to run away from school
3. His meeting with the stranger who accompanies him on his journey
4. The haymakers