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LESSON 47
COME, let us go to the smith’s shop. What is he doing? He has a forge: he blows the fire with a great pair of bellows, to make the iron hot.
Now he takes it out with the tongs, and puts it upon the anvil. Now he beats it with a hammer. How hard he works! The sparks fly about; pretty bright sparks.
What is the blacksmith making? He is making nails, and horse-shoes, and a great many things.
What are nails and horse-shoes made of? They are made of iron. Iron is of great use to us. It is used to make ploughs, wheels, ships, steam-engines, and all kinds of things. We could not do without iron.
Steel is made of iron. Steel is very bright, and sharp, and hard. Knives and scissors are made of steel.
