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WHAT IS FEAR?

1. Many years ago a little boy, who was about five years old, went to stay with his grandmamma .

2. He was a bold and brave little lad, and often went out by himself for hours at a time. He used to wander about looking for flowers in the fields, or picking berries in the woods

3. Sometimes he went so far from the house that his grandmamma was afraid that the gipsies would take him away, or that he would fall into the brook.

4. One day he went out, and did not come back for dinner. No one knew where he had gone. About four o'clock a storm came on, with thunder and lightning and heavy rain.

5. The little boy's grandmamma was now in a great fright about him. She sent out the gardener and the stable-boy to look for the child.

6. Just as it was growing dark the little fellow was brought back safe and sound . They had found him in an old hut far away on the hill-side. He had crept into it for shelter from the rain; and there he was sitting quite happy, watching a noisy brook splashing down over the stones.

7. His grandmamma scolded him a little for staying away so long. “But I wonder, child,” she said, “that fear did not drive you home.”

“Fear?” said he, “I never saw Fear! I do not know what it is.”

8. Who do you think that little boy was? He was Horatio Nelson, who afterwards became the famous Lord Nelson, and won many great sea-fi ghts for our country

WORD SPELLING

thun´-der splash´-ing Nel´-son fi eld heav´-y shel´-ter scold´-ed af´-ter-wards a-fraid´gar´-den-er watch´-ing won´-der fa-´mous din´-ner sta´-ble-boy nois´-y Ho-ra´-ti-o coun-´try

WORD EXERCISE

fl ou won fl owegipsy lighten gipsies lightning

GRAMMAR EXERCISE

I. Write the fi rst six nouns in the lesson.

2. Make sentences with these nouns as subject.