1. Up and down the play-room,

In behind the door,

Climbing on the sofa,
Creeping on the floor;

2. In below the table,

Round the easy-chair,

Goes my little brother,
Crying, "Are you there?"

3. And, when brother sees me,
Then away I run;

And he follows after,
Laughing at the fun.

4. So at hide and seek we play, And pass a merry hour away,

LANGUAGE LESSON.

Copy, and put in the right words;

This is the way we . I hide. My little.

door, and below the .

at hide and seek.

goes.

He cries, "Are . . . there?"

looking for

When brother

1. George and Mary were brother and sister. They went to the same school. One day George got vexed with Mary: so he raised his hand, and slapped his sister.

2. Then his sister got angry, and raised her hand to strike him back.

3. The teacher saw her, and said, "Mary, you had better kiss your brother."

4. Mary let her hand fall, and looked up at her teacher as if she did not quite know what was said.

5. Mary had never been taught to give good for evil. She thought that if her brother struck her she might strike back The teacher looked very kindly

both, and said again, "My dear Mary, you had better kiss your brother. See how angry and unhappy he is."

7. Mary looked at George's face. She saw that he was very cross and unhappy.

8. In a minute her anger was gone, and love for her brother came back. She threw her arms round his neck, and kissed him.

9. Then George burst into tears. His sister took her apron to wipe away the tears, and said, "Do not cry, George: you did not hurt me much."

10. But he only cried harder than ever. No one ever saw George strike his little sister again.

Write your answers:

Who were brother and sister?
Who got vexed with Mary?

What did George do?

Who got angry then?

What did the teacher say to Mary?