Lesson 01
Water
Fred and his cousin Willie were two smart boys in the same class at school. They were only little boys, but they were fond of their school and their lessons.
They used to play at school in the evening with Fred"s little sister Norah.
Their teacher was giving the class jolly lessons on some of the common things around them. These were not at all like the other lessons of the day. Teacher gave them to the class as a treat. The boys soon began to look forward to them, as the best of all their lessons.
Norah, too, liked to hear all about them from the boys. It was great fun to sit around the fire in the evening, and chat over the lessons of the day.
The first lesson was about water.
"What do you think, Norah?" said Fred one evening. "Teacher began to talk to us about water, by showing us a saucer full of sawdust.