32 But David said, "I have fought lions and bears since I was ten years old. I have seized them by the beard and killed them. I can do the same with this Philistine. The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine." 33 Even so, it seemed like the proposal of a lamb to fight a wolf. But what else could be done? At last, the king took David into his own tent, and offered him his armor. But the king was the tallest man in the army, and the shepherd boy was short of stature.° Saul's helmet came down over David's ears, and his coat of mail touched David's heels. He put them off. ° 34 "I can fight best," way." he said, "in my own 35 And David took his staff in his hand, - the stout stick with which he kept the sheep, - and he had his sling, and from the bank of the brook he chose him five smooth stones. And thus he went out into the plain between the armies, and faced the giant. 36 And the giant in all his armor came, and his squire carried his shield before him, and when he looked to see what champion° the Israelites had found at last, there was but a boy, a red-cheeked boy with a staff in one hand and a sling in the other. "Am I a dog," he 37 The giant was very angry. cried, "that thou comest at me with a stick? I will give thy flesh to the fowls of the air and to the beasts of the field, and they shall pick thy bones.' 38 And David answered, "Thou comest to me with sword and spear and shield, but I come to thee in the name of the Lord God of Hosts, whom thou hast defied." 39 Thus the champions drew together, while the two armies watched in breathless silence. And David ran to meet the giant. And even as he ran, he put his hand into his shepherd's bag, and took out a smooth stone and put it in his sling and slung it. Up went the sling, out went the stone, down went the giant. Straight as an arrow, the stone had struck him in the forehead. And David ran, and with the giant's sword cut off the giant's head. 40 Then did the Philistines flee, and the men of Israel raised a great shout and chased them. champion 3 (chăm’pi ăn), one who | prevail 25 (prë vāl’), be stronger fights for another coat of mail,33 armor defy 28 (de fi'), dare, challenge host 26 (hōst), a vast number parched 21 (pärcht), dried proposal 33 (prò pōz' ăl), an offer stature 33 (stǎt' ür), height target 24 (tär' gět), here a small shield yonder 28 (yon' der), at that place 8. Draw a plan of the country as described in section 22. 9. Describe the giant. 10. Practice reading aloud the conversation in sections 21, 25-29, 31-32, and 37-38. II. Make a little play of two scenes. 12. Act out the whole story in several scenes for a Friday afternoon program. (Manual.) 13. Read "The Shepherd's Song" in the Fourth Reader. 14. Where can you read further adventures of David? THE CARPENTER AND THE APE A Hindoo fable BIDPAI, the sage Find in the large dictionary the picture of a wedge and draw it on the blackboard. Show how a wedge would prevent a door from blowing shut. Read the following fable silently as fast as you can, but get the meaning of what you read: AN APE one day sat watching a Carpenter who was splitting a piece of wood with two wedges. First the Carpenter drove the smaller wedge into the crack, so as to keep it open, and then when the crack was wide enough, he hammered in the larger wedge and pulled the first one out. At noon the Carpenter went home to dinner, and the Ape now thought that he would try his hand at splitting boards. As he took his seat on the Carpenter's bench, his long tail slipped into the crack in the board. The Ape did not notice this, but set to work. The first wedge he drove in exactly as he had seen the Carpenter do. But then he forgot, and pulled it out before he had driven in the second one. The two sides of the board instantly sprang together, and caught the Ape's tail between them. The poor prisoner had now nothing to do but sit there groaning with pain until the Carpenter's return, when he was given a sound beating and told that he had suffered justly for meddling with other people's business. Adapted by Maude Barrows Dutton 1. Explain what the Carpenter was doing. 2. What did he dr and say to the Ape when he returned? 3. Which was the smarter, this ape or the monkey in "The Cat, the Monkey, and the Chestnuts" in the Fourth Reader. 4. Conversation and discussion: (a) Stories about monkeys; (b) Another fable. 5. Read the story of Bidpai in "Where Our Fables Come From" in the Fourth Reader. Patience is power. With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes satin. Eastern Proverbs In olden times the people of Greece thought that Zeus was the god of heaven and earth, and Pluto the god of the lower regions, which they called Hades. They worshiped six great gods and six great goddesses (called the Olympian Council); but besides these they believed in many less important gods, among whom was the god of wine and song, called Bacchus. This selection is from a famous drama of ancient Greece. In it Bacchus and his servant Xanthias ask to be rowed, or ferried, across the river Styx by Charon, the aged boat-man, whose business it was to ferry the souls of the dead across the river to Hades. In a play the italicized parts tell what the characters are to do and how they are to speak. These are called by-play and stage directions. Read aloud the italicized parts for sections 1-18, 19-33, 34-68. Find out what chanting,36 unison,41 and treble39 mean. (Glossary.) In this queer boat-ride Bacchus is teased by the frogs. You will enjoy imitating them. See who can do it the best. Drill on these speeches for clear and distinct enunciation: SCENE I. ON THE BANKS OF THE STYX 1 (Bacchus and Xanthias stand on the 2 CHARON (shouting from a distance). Ho! hand, there! Heave ashore! 3 BACCHUS. What's this? Bear a 4 XANTHIAS (timidly). The river Styx it is, Master the place he told us of. There's the boat here's old Charon. and 6 BACCHUS. Well, Charon! - welcome, Charon! Welcome kindly! 7 CHARON. Who wants the ferryman? Anybody to go to the lower regions? To Hades? Anybody? 8 BACCHUS. Yes, I. 9 CHARON. Get in then. 10 BACCHUS (hesitating). going? To Hades, really? Tell me, where are you 11 CHARON (gruffly). Yes, to Hades. Step in there. 12 BACCHUS (cautiously). Have a care! Take care, good Charon! Charon, have a care! into the boat.) Come, Xanthias, come! (Bacchus gets 13 CHARON. I take no servant aboard unless he's volunteered for the naval victory. 14 XANTHIAS (making excuses). I could not - I was suffering with sore eyes. 15 CHARON (Scornfully). You must trudge away then, round by the bend of the river there. I row no slackers across. And where shall I wait? At the Stone of Repentance. 16 XANTHIAS (anxiously). 17 CHARON (sternly). You understand me? |