ge.

Arrange "their trembling heads and gray" in
ordinary prose order. Their gray and trembling
heads.

Why should the veterans be filled with "pride"?
Because of the brave deeds they had done.

Why did they laugh? Perhaps, because of some
amusing occurrences they had seen.

What characteristics of the dandelions suggest
these fancies regarding the veterans? The heads
of the dandelions are white. As they sway in
the breeze on their slender stalks, they
incline their heads toward one another in much
the same way as people do in conversation.

Why is the "laughter" said to be "noiseless"?
Because human beings could not be expected to
hear the laughter of the dandelions.

What expression would you be likely to use,
instead of "welladay"? Alas!

What is meant by "they blew away"? The seeds of
the flowers were scattered far and wide.

What do you like about this poem? (1) Its
charming poetic fancies. (2) The fitness of the
comparisons.

Point out clearly how the appearance of the dandelions resembled a
military attack, and how, in the later stage of their life history, they
resembled veteran soldiers.

THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT

(Second Reader, page 56)

AIM

The aim of the lesson should be, not only to lead the pupils to enjoy
the humour of the poem, but also to appreciate the lesson it teaches. It
affords a fine opportunity for the development of conversational powers
in the pupils.

The pupils should be encouraged to talk freely, and the questions should
often call for quite lengthy answers.

PREPARATION

Who has seen an elephant? You have, Henry?
Well, tell us something about him. He was very
large. One of our barn doors is twelve feet
high and six feet wide, and father said the
elephant would just be able to go through that
door. If he was in the school-room, his back
would reach almost to the ceiling. His ears
were bigger than the top of my desk. His trunk
was twice as long as father's cane, and was
nearly as big around at the upper end as a bag
of wheat, and the lower end was as small as my
leg is below the knee. His tusks were hard and
white, one on each side of his trunk, and were
longe