500 NATURE STUDY. 



III. How the Snow-flakes Look. 



Mary looked at the snow-flakes. 



She had a glass which made them look big. 



She says they look like stars. 



John says they are thin, like paper. 



The snow-flakes are white, as white as they can be. 



They shine so when the sun looks at them. 



Many snow-flakes have six arms. 



Some have only four arms. 



Miss Grey says some arms fell off. 



Some arms have many little fingers. 



Mary thinks Jack Frost made the snow-flakes up in cloud-lando 



The snow-flakes are so pure and beautiful. 



Literature. 



A SNOW-SONG. 



44 There's a wonderful weaver 



High up in the air, 

 And he weaves a white mantle 



For cold Earth to wear. 

 With the wind for his shuttle, 



The cloud for his loom, 

 How he weaves, how he weaves, 



In the light, in the gloom ! 



Oh ! with finest of lace 



He decks bush and tree ; 

 On the broad barren meadows 



A cover lays he ; 

 Then a quaint cap he places 



On pillar and post, 

 And he changes the pump 



To a silent, grim ghost. 



But this wonderful weaver 



Grows weary at last, 

 And the shuttle lies idle 

 ' That once flew so fast. 

 Then the sun peeps abroad 



On the work he has done, 

 And cries, ' I'll unravel it all. 



Just for fun.' " 



