g now and
then, as if she were dozing. Mr. Sutton at last saw this. And laying
down the paper he said, two or three times, "You are sleepy, my dear."

9. Each time that he said this, granny woke up, sat very upright, and
said, "Oh no, not at all, my love." But she went off again to sleep as
soon as the reading began.

10. At length she was in so sound a nap that she did not notice when
Mr. Sutton put down the paper, after reading a long, dull account of
something or other.

11. He took off his glasses, laid them on the folded paper, and saying
something to himself about resting his eyes, fell fast asleep too.

12. Granny's head now nodded lower and lower. First she gave a nod, and
then her husband gave a bow, just as if they were being most polite to
each other in their sleep.

13. Her cap was very near the wax candle once or twice, and there was a
smell of burning. She now began to nod sideways, and each time that she
did so there was a great smoke and a frizzling noise.

* * * * *

_Write:_ Rose went to spend the day with Lucy. The fly sat on the cap
of the old lady. She fell asleep and the cap caught on fire.

Questions: 1. Where did Rose go? 2. Where did the fly stay?
3. What were Mr. and Mrs. Sutton doing that evening? 4. What
did Mr. Sutton say when his wife's head nodded? 5. What did
he do himself? 6. What happened to the old lady's cap?

10. A NARROW ESCAPE.

1. I was afraid of losing my perch, her nice white cap, on which I had
now grown to feel quite at home. It seemed as if it were turning into
ashes like those in the grate, and it felt too hot.

2. I flew up, for I could sit there no longer. And then I pitched on
the top of Mr. Sutton's head, just in the bald place, and stamped with
one foot as hard as I could.

3. I also ran about and tickled him a good deal. He woke up in a great
hurry, for he raised his hand to drive me away, and in doing so, gave
himself a smart tap.

4. This roused him. And he awoke just in time to save the cap and the
hair of his wife from being in a blaze of fire.

5. "Dear, dear, dear!" said he. "Why, my love, what an escape you have
had!"

"Nonsense, my dear," said the old lady, "I have not been asleep, I
assure you." But it was of no use for her to say and think this.

6. There was the burnt cap on her head. "I was not quite asleep," said
she. "Oh no, neither was I," said her husband, laughing.

7. And then,