450 NATURE STUDY. 



cloth ? How wash her face ? her ears ? her paws ? How 

 does she keep her fur smooth ? 



How do her eyes look in the dark ? Can she move her 

 ears ? How much ? 



How does she show when she is pleased ? How does 

 she show when she is angry ? 



How does the mother cat take care of her kittens ? 

 How carry them, feed them, wash them ? 



If the children can be led to consider their individual 

 discoveries as great secrets, to be told only to the teacher, 

 the interest will be increased, and individual observation 

 stimulated. 



LESSONS I. AND II. WHY WE HAVE THE KITTY IN OUR HOME. 



Preparation. To put the little folks in the right atti- 

 tude, sing with them or to them, "I love little Pussy, her 

 coat is so warm," or read to them something like the fol- 

 lowing : 



MY DEAR KITTY. 



" Have you seen my little kitty ? 



Her fur is soft as silk, 

 And every day I feed her 



With bread and sweet new milk. 



Her feet they are like velvet, 



As she goes pat, pat along, 

 And her soft and gentle purring 



Is like a pleasant song. 



Her ears are small and downy, 



Her neck and breast are white, 

 Her eyes are like two tiny lamps 



To light her in the night. 



I have no little sisters 



To walk with, or to play ; 

 But my pretty kitty loves me 



Almost as well as they. 



