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Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees, 

 Rose the firs with cones upon them ; 



There the wrinkled old Nokomis 

 Nursed the little Hiawatha, 

 Rocked him in his linden cradle, 

 Bedded soft in moss and rushes. 



Round about the Indian village 

 Spread the meadows and the corn-fields, 

 And beyond them stood the forest, 

 Stood the groves of singing pine-trees, 

 Green in summer, white in winter, 

 Ever sighing, ever singing. 



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At the door on summer evenings 

 Sat the little Hiawatha ; 

 Heard the whispering of the pine-trees, 

 Heard the lapping of the water, 

 Sounds of music, words of wonder ; 

 4 Minne-wawa ! ' said the pine-trees, 

 1 Mudway-aushka ! ' said the water." 



Show children pictures of lakes with pines about them 

 or of pine-covered hills or mountains. Tell them how 

 the pine thrives in cold, windy countries. Then get chil- 

 dren to tell how the pine is fitted for such countries and 

 for winter. 



Step III. Branches and Leaves. 



Aim. To-day we will find other ways in which the pine 

 is fitted for winter. 



Material. Branches of pine and of some deciduous tree. 



Branches. Recall what children observed about their 

 direction and flexibility, expressing these ideas by arms of 

 children, and comparing, in these respects, with branch of 

 maple or other deciduous tree. 



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