ish to go away, they may be sure the faithful dog will allow no one
to enter the house while they are gone. No harm can come to these good
people while he is there to help them. You can tell by looking at him
that he is well fed and well cared for. That fluffy little kitten,
too, just ready to dart back into the house and scamper across the
floor, looks happy and contented. Evidently the people who live in
this house with its wide stone porch are good and kind. Should you not
like to visit them?

=Questions to help the pupil understand the picture.= How did the baby
get out on the porch? Why does she not walk? Where has she been? What
time of day is it? Where do you suppose her mother is? What did the
baby find on the porch? What does she ask the dog? How can he answer?
How does he take care of her? What makes you think her pets love her?
Why does the little kitten stay inside? What is on the stone bench?
Should you like to visit the people who live in this house? why?

=To the Teacher:= Encourage the children to talk about their pets at
home, and to draw pictures of them.

=The story of the artist.= Although Mr. Holmes has painted many very
popular pictures of children and their pets, we can find very little
information about his life except that he was an Englishman. However,
he cannot be forgotten so long as his pictures live to tell us of his
little friends and their faithful pets.

=Questions about the artist.= Who painted this picture? What do his
pictures tell us about the artist? In what country was he born?

THE SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS

=Studying the picture.= Several days before the lesson is to be taken
up, the picture to be studied should be placed where every pupil can
see it.

First of all, the children should find out for themselves what is in
the picture. The questions accompanying the story of each picture are
intended to help them to do this.

=Language work.= The pupils should be encouraged in class to talk
freely and naturally. In this way the lesson becomes a language
exercise in which the pupils will gain in freedom of expression and in
the ability to form clear mental images.

If a lesson does not occupy the entire drawing period, the children
should be asked to retell the story of the picture.

=Dramatization and drawing.= Most of the stories told by the pictures
lend themselves readily to dramatization and, whenever practicable,
such stories should be acted out. T