"But it was your turn a long time ago."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course I am. Come, let me help you."
Into the dressing room he staggered. He had no idea that he had done a heroic thing.
—"Youth's Companion."
1. Could the young colonel have had his wounds dressed earlier if he had wished?
2. Why did he not do so?
[THE MAGIC HORSE]
Here is another Arabian fairy tale. It is much longer than the story of the queer man who was made Caliph for a day and is also very different from that tale. But it is a fine story of adventure filled with surprises and with all the changes of fortune that fairy stories so often have. Of course, all sixth grade boys and girls know that the Indian who is spoken of is an East Indian of Asia and not a North American Indian.