CHARLEVS WONDERFUL JOURNEY. 



III. 



YOU had better hurry up, or you'll be 

 late for school," said the Fox as he 

 trotted up behind Charley. 



Charley wasn't even thinking about where 

 he was going, but when he saw the Fox witli 

 his satchel over his back, and put his hand 

 to the strap of his own satchel, he began to 

 step out briskly. 



" Look," said the Fox, "the scholars are 

 all going in." 



Charley just gave one glance, and saw the 

 school house with the door open, and the 

 Kids and Lambs and Calves and Geese 

 and ('hickens and all the other scholars, 

 and he too set off running. 



The Fox got before him and reached the 

 door ju.st as the Dog was going to close it, 

 and kept him talking until Charley got in. 



Charley looked around tlie I'oom and saw 

 all the animals, and when he looked at the 

 far end and saw a raised platform, with a 

 desk, and a Donkey leaning against it with 

 a pen behind his ear, he saw at once that he 

 was in a new school. 



"Is this the new scholar?" asked the 

 Donkey. 



"Yes, sir," said Charley. 



"Then step forward," said the Donkey, 

 "and see if you can tell us what you are in." 



"If you please, sir," said Charley, "I'm 

 in reading, writing and arith — " 



At this the whole school burst into up- 

 roarious laughter. 



"Silence," said the Donkey; "now step 

 up here Goosey junior, and see if you know 

 what you're in." 



"Please, sir," said Goosey junior, "I'm 

 in school." 



"Of course you are," said the Donkey, 

 "we all are — and don't you forget it — " 

 "Now," said he, turning again to Charley, 

 "I suppose you know something about 

 arithmetic ?" 



"Yes, sir/' said Charley. 



"Then take one from one, and tell me 

 how many are left." 



"There are none left," said Charley. 



"Indeed," said the Donkey, sarcastically, 

 "I should like to know where you've been 

 to school. We are not satisfied with theo- 

 ries here, sir, we want proofs. Now put 

 your two hands together. Yes — so. Now 

 take one from one." 



" Please, sir ; that way there are two left," 

 said Charley, as he drew his hands apart. 



At this there was another laugh, which 

 made Charley feel very much mortified. 



"Step out here Master Pig," said the 

 Donkey, "and tell us how many are left ?" 



"There's only one left," said the Pig, 

 "the other is right." 



"Quite right," said the Donkey. Turn- 

 ing to Charley, he said, "It's no use trying 

 to answer questions by rote without think- 

 ing. That won't do for this school. I must 

 have proof. If an answer is right it can 

 always be proved. Now, take two from 

 one ?" 



"Two from one, you can't," said Charley, 

 and he said it this time as if he knew it was 

 right. 



"Take two from one, you cannot?" ex- 

 claimed the Donkey. " Now tell me, did 

 you ever try?" 



"No, sir," said Charley. 



"Then, why do you say you cannot, if 

 you never tried?" 



"Fox senior, can't you take two from 

 one?" 



"I have done it, sir," said Fox senior. 



"I thought so," said the Donkey. " Now 

 tell us how it is done ?" 



"Please, sir," said Fox senior, "there 

 was a Goose with a whole flock of Gosling.s, 

 and I asked her to bring them over to play 

 with my little brothers and sisters, and when 

 she wouldn't I took two from her." 



" I don't know about the morality of the 



