he grass, don't you?' said Dora.

'Do you see they swallow it all at once?' said Harry. 'What would
mother say to us if we ate without chewing?'

6. 'There is some chewing going on, though. Look over there!' and she
showed him some sheep that were lying down in the grass.

7. 'Oh, now I know! Don't you remember, Dora, father told us once what
the cow does. It was that day we had tea at the farm.'

8. 'No, I don't remember. We saw the cows milked, and I had some new
milk in a glass. I don't think father told me!'

9. 'Yes, he did. You must have forgotten. He said that the cow sent her
food down into a big bag inside, and then it went into a smaller bag,
where it was rolled up into little balls. And when the cow lay down to
rest, she brought them up into her mouth and chewed them well.'

10. 'I should think the sheep must be doing the same thing. Look at this
fat one close by! She is just sitting down. Now watch!'

'Yes, I can see her chewing! How funny it is! They all look as if they
liked it, don't they?'

THE SHEEP.

la'-zy
pleas'-ant
dai'-sies
clothes
chil'-ly
dew'-y
scant'-y
com'-mon
brown
mer'-ry
wool'-ly
coat

1. 'Lazy sheep, pray tell me why
In the pleasant fields you lie,
Eating grass and daisies white,
From the morning till the night?
Everything can something do;
Oh what kind of use are you?'

2. 'Nay, my little fellow, nay,
Do not serve me so, I pray:
Don't you see the wool that grows
On my back to make you clothes?
Cold and very cold you'd be,
If you had not wool from me.

3. 'True, it seems a pleasant thing,
To nip the daisies in the spring;
But many chilly nights I pass,
On the cold and dewy grass,
Or pick a scanty dinner where
All the common's brown and bare.

4. 'Then the farmer comes at last,
When the merry spring is past,
And cuts my woolly coat away,
To warm you in the winter's day.
Little Master, this is why
In the pleasant fields I lie.'

TURNIPS.

white
ly'-ing
tur'-nip
picked
win'-ter
din'-ner
read'-y
but'-ter
sor'-ry
heard
peo'-ple
bread
pressed
meal
mean
jok'-ing

1. 'What are those sheep eating over there, at the far end of the field?
There is