52 NATURE STUDY MADE EASY 



Miss Weather led the dancing, 

 Professor Wind the band. 



The Chestnuts came in yellow, 

 The Oaks in crimson dressed, 

 The lovely Misses Maple 

 In scarlet looked their best. 



All balanced to their partners 

 And gayly fluttered by; 

 The sight was like a rainbow 

 New fallen from the sky. 



Then in the rustic hollow 

 At hide-and-seek they played, 

 The party closed at sundown 

 And everybody stayed. 



Professor Wind played louder; 

 They flew along the ground, 

 And then the party ended 



In hands across, all round. 



GEORGE COOPER. 



LESSON XVII 



THE OAK 



The oak is called the "Monarch of the Forest." Just as the 

 lion is the king among animals, so the oak is the king among trees. 



What great, strong, sturdy branches he bears! How gnarled 

 and rugged is his trunk ! Yet once he was a little acorn, and lived 

 in a little cup. 



