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THE BEAR AND THE KETTLE

1. Once a bear was very hungry. Not being able to find any food in the woods, he came into a village to see what he could find there

2. The door of the first house that he came to was open, and, peeping in, he found that there was nobody inside.

3. He went in, and began to smell about, but he could find no food. At last he came to akettle of boiling water which was by the side of the fire

4. Not knowing what it was, and thinking that there might be something good inside, he smelt the kettle, and, in doing so, burnt his nose.

5. Now the bear had never felt anything like this before. He thought the kettle was a new kind of animal with a sting , and he was very angry with it.

6. So he said to himself, “I'll pay you for hurting my nose;” and he took the kettle up in his paws, and tried to crush it against his breast.

7. The more he squeezed it, the more he burnt himself, and the more angry he grew. He roared with pain. At last he dropped the kettle, and, as it fell, he scalded himself with the hot water.

8. The noise which he made brought some men to the spot to see what was the matter.Looking through the window, they saw the bear dancing about in great pain. They ran for their guns, and shot him.

9. In that land, if a man hurts himself when he tries to hurt somebody else, the people say, “He is like the bear with the kettle.”

WORD SPELLING

WORD EXERCISE

GRAMMAR EXERCISE

1. Name the nouns in sections 1 and 2.

2. Write the fi rst six adjectives in the lesson