ight
stones.

It is no wonder you looked at the stream when
it shows you so many things. What were the
fishes doing? They were swimming. They would
dart after some crumbs that we dropped into the
water.

Why were the fishes there? That is their home.

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.

Did it run very fast at first? No, the lesson
says that it "started" "Slow".

Did it run any faster after that? Yes, "Soon it
darted", and it was "Hurrying".

What caused it to dart and hurry? The ground
was steeper, and it had to run more quickly.

Where was it running? Down "to the sea", where
it would be lost in the other water.

Did it grow any larger before it came to the
sea? Yes, it grew "Swift and strong", and it
widened "very fast".

What caused it to widen? Other little brooks
ran into it and made it wider.

Now, the brook is said to be like a person. Can
you point out any words that make you think it
was like a person? Yes, it hurries just as
children hurry.

In the next stanza, the lesson says it was