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the grain. Is it a hard or soft wood ? Smell it. Cut it. 

 Some day we will learn more about wood. 



10. A Living Cricket Here we have a cricket. W e 

 will set this bottle on the window-sill and see how the 

 cricket moves about. Does the cricket like light ? Oh, 

 no, he prefers darkness. We may hear this cricket chirp 

 for us. 



Such talks may be indulged in from time to time until 

 pupils begin to realize that nothing is unworthy their study. 

 Ignore nothing. Manage to find food for talk in every- 

 thing brought in. 



Having gradually introduced nature study in this way, 

 suggest that the study of things about the school-house be 

 taken up. 



