whose enchantments you have this instant freed me. What I have seen of you, and your conduct to your wicked brothers, renders me willing to serve you; therefore, attend to what I tell you! Whoever shall climb to the top of the mountain from which you see the Golden River issue, and shall cast into the stream at its source three drops of holy water, for him, and for him only, the river shall turn to gold. But no one, failing in his first, can succeed in a second attempt; and if any one shall cast unholy water into the river, it will overwhelm him, and he will become a black stone."

After a month or two Gluck grew tired, and made up his mind to go and try his fortune with the Golden River. "The little king looked very kind," thought he. "I don't think he will turn me into a black stone. So he went to the priest, and the priest gave him some holy water as soon as he asked for it. Then Gluck put some bread into his basket, and the bottle of water, and set off very early for the mountains.

When he had climbed many hours, his thirst became intolerable, and when he looked at his bottle, he saw that there were only five or six drops left in it, and he could not venture to drink. And as he was hanging the flask to his belt again he saw a little dog lying on the rocks, gasping for breath, just as Hans had seen it on the day of his ascent. And Gluck stopped and looked at it, and then at the Golden River, not five hundred yards above him; and he thought of the dwarf's words, "that no one could succeed except in his first attempt," and he tried to pass the dog, but

it whined piteously, and Gluck stopped again. "Poor beastie," said Gluck, "it'll be dead when I come down again, if I don't help it now." Then he looked closer and closer at it, and its eye turned on him so mournfully that he could not stand it. "Confound the king, and his gold too!" said Gluck; and he opened the flask and poured all the water into the dog's mouth.

The dog sprang up and stood on his hind legs. Its tail disappeared; its ears became long, longer, silky, golden; its nose became very red; its eyes became very twinkling; in three seconds the dog was gone, and before Gluck stood his old acquaintance, the King of the Golden River.

"Thank you," said the monarch; "but don't be frightened, it's all right."

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So saying, the dwarf stooped and plucked a lily that grew at his feet. On its white leaves there hung three drops of clear dew. And the dwarf shook them into the flask which Gluck held in his hand. "Cast these into the river," he said, "and descend on the other side of the mountain into the Treasure Valley. And so good speed!"

Read the story to yourselves.

- JOHN RUSKIN.

Then tell it in class, one after another, as many as are called upon, each telling a part.

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Irregular Verbs: See, Saw, Seen.

Search the story for these words in italics :
See, saw, have seen, had seen.

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Copy all the sentences that contain any of these words.

Find in your readers, or other books, or the newspapers, these words and copy two sentences containing each of them.*

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Use of the Dictionary

Look up in the dictionary the meanings of these words in the first paragraph of the story: deigning, polite, malice, enchantments, instant, issue, overwhelm.

See how many facts you can find about them. For example, deigning. You will first find deign. Then you will see deigning. You will find several meanings given. Try them in the sentence and see which makes the best sense.

Try using some of their meanings instead of the above words and see which are the best.

Select hard words in the other paragraphs of this story and see who will find out the most facts about them.

*To the Teacher. - This is suggested as typical treatment of irregular verbs. When they occur, call attention to them and impress the correct forms by having the children copy them, and also use them in sentences of their own.

Among those to watch for are run, ran, run; begin, began, begun; spring, sprang, sprung; drink, drank, drunk or drank; lie, lay, lain; go, went, gone; bring, brought, brought; eat, ate, eaten; come, came,

come.