fjo Language Through Nature 



"They couldn't," said the clock, "so some one 

 invented the water clock. With this, time was 

 measured by the flowing of water through a small" 

 opening in a globe or tube. Then the hourglass 

 was made. In it sand was used instead of water." 

 "Oh," said Kate, "I've seen an hourglass. 

 Grandma has one. She often lets me use it." 



' ' Sometimes people forget to turn the hourglass 

 over," said the clock, "and then they lose track of 

 the time. But about a thousand years ago a great 

 king invented a way of telling time by candles." 



"Oh, yes, I have read about that," cried 

 Kate; "that was King Alfred. I think his 

 way was very good, indeed." 



' ' It was, " said the clock, ' ' but at last a man 

 made the first clock, and I think that is the 

 best way of all ; don't you?" 



What word in the first sentence of this story shows owner- 

 ship? 



Find examples of divided quotations in this story, and 

 what is the method of punctuating them ? 



What contractions do you find, and what does each mean ? 



You will fii^d words in this story, such as shadow-stick, 

 which are made by putting two words together. 



Words made by putting two words together are called 

 compound words. The parts of a compound word are con- 

 nected by a hyphen. 



