8 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



(Shakes his head or brushes them off with his paw. 

 Sometimes he sleeps with his paw over the end of 

 his nose.) 



No matter how fast Prince ran, his coat never 

 looked wet with sweat. Did you ever think of it 

 that your dogs do not sweat as do horses, or as you 

 do? How do you think Prince showed that he was 

 very warm? (He hung out his tongue; something 

 that looked like water ran off from it.) Do you 

 suppose that this cooled him off? Put your fingers 

 into your mouth, then hold them up in the air a 

 minute. What happens? (They get cold.) What 

 happens when the wind blows on the dog's wet 

 tongue? (It cools him.) 



What is the color of the coat of a shepherd dog ? 

 Prince's coat was black, with a white collar, a white 

 star in his forehead, and white toes. 



You may tell, now, all you can about a shepherd 

 dog's coat. 



The road over which Prince went was a rough 

 one ; quite stony, too, in one place. Why did not 

 his feet become sore ? Notice whether the bottoms 

 of his feet touch the ground as do yours when 

 you walk. [Have a shepherd dog in the class if 

 possible ; if not, another dog will do.] What part 



