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"I took them out one day to a pond near the school house, where I pointed out almost all the divisions of water, and then on a hill, to show them the divisions of land." "But you could not find them all." "All but one or two; there was no volcano." "Was there a desert?" "A small one." "Hurrah! we can find them all," cried Charles. "I missed just such a question last week in school." "I made a volcano on the Fourth of July," said Fred Harper. "Indeed! I TOOK THEM OUT ONE DAY TO A POND NEAR THE SCHOOLHOUSE WHERE I POINTED OUT ALMOST ALL THE DIVISIONS OF WATER AND THEN ON A HILL TO SHOW THEM THE DIVISIONS OF LAND BUT YOU COULD NOT FIND THEM ALL ALL BUT ONE OR TWO THERE WAS NO VOLCANO WAS THERE A DESERT A SMALL ONE HURRAH WE CAN FIND THEM ALL CRIED CHARLES I MISSED JUST SUCH A QUESTION LAST WEEK IN SCHOOL I MADE A VOLCANO ON THE FOURTH OF JULY SAID FRED HARPER INDEED
Wood Lake?" "Can they?" asked Charles. "I would not have believed it." "I never thought of it before," added Frank. "Years ago, before I was married, I used to teach school," continued Mrs. Sedley; "and my scholars always found it difficult to remember the definitions of the natural divisions of the earth. What do you think the reason was?" "I suppose they did not half learn them," replied Fred. "They did not understand them. When we spoke of a gulf, for example, they thought of something a great way off--as far as the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of St. Lawrence." "I am sure I never thought of them as anything that I had ever seen, or was ever likely to see," added Charles, who always had something to say, and who tried to get the good will of others by appearing to be humble and teachable. The other boys were equally tractable, but from another motive. Mrs. Sedley's geography lesson was full of interest to them; and as they pulled slowly, they gave all their attention to what she said. WATER ON A SMALL SCALE COULD BE SEEN IN WOOD LAKE CAN THEY ASKED CHARLES I WOULD NOT HAVE BELIEVED IT I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT BEFORE ADDED FRANK YEARS AGO BEFORE I WAS MARRIED I USED TO TEACH SCHOOL CONTINUED MISSUS SEDLEY AND MY SCHOLARS ALWAYS FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER THE DEFINITIONS OF THE NATURAL DIVISIONS OF THE EARTH WHAT DO YOU THINK THE REASON WAS I SUPPOSE THEY DID NOT HALF LEARN THEM REPLIED FRED THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THEM WHEN WE SPOKE OF A GULF FOR EXAMPLE THEY THOUGHT OF SOMETHING A GREAT WAY OFF AS FAR AS THE GULF OF MEXICO OR THE GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE I AM SURE I NEVER THOUGHT OF THEM AS ANYTHING THAT I HAD EVER SEEN OR WAS EVER LIKELY TO SEE ADDED CHARLES WHO ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING TO SAY AND WHO TRIED TO GET THE GOOD WILL OF OTHERS BY APPEARING TO BE HUMBLE AND TEACHABLE THE OTHER BOYS WERE EQUALLY TRACTABLE BUT FROM ANOTHER MOTIVE MISSUS SEDLEY'S GEOGRAPHY LESSON WAS FULL OF INTEREST TO THEM AND AS THEY PULLED SLOWLY THEY GAVE ALL THEIR ATTENTION TO WHAT SHE SAID
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