THE DUCK 



SUGGESTIONS 



If teachers wish to go more into detail in regard to 

 different varieties of ducks, much information can be gleaned 

 from natural histories and encyclopedias. 



"Out into the water 



On a bright warm day, 

 Mother leads her children 

 For a merry play." 



"Who do you suppose the mother is?" in- 

 quired Miss Clare, after the little people had read 

 this verse from the blackboard one bright June 

 morning. 



"We would all like to go out and paddle a day 

 like this, would we not? However, I doubt very 

 much about our mothers taking us. But this mother 

 is always glad to go. She has the same number of 

 feet our mothers have, the same number of eyes, 

 the same number of ears, though one needs bright 



eyes to find the ears. 



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