ANIMALS, BY BERTHA HAHNER. 73 



LESSON OX COMPARISON OF ANIMALS IN A SECOND 



GRADE, CARR SCHOOL, 



SOMERVILLE, MASS. 



BY 



Almena J. Majssir. 



Mr Maynard kindly gave to my class a talk on the 

 comparison of animals. 



On the next day I had the class write the following 

 exercise. To aid them in this I put a few suggestive 

 questions on the board. 



This paper from Bertha Hahner I considered among 

 the best, although there were other good papers. 



Animals, by Bertha Hahner. 



A cat has four legs. 



A squirrel has four legs. 



A monkey has two arms and two legs. 



A bird has two wings and two legs. 



A fish does not have legs. 



A fish has fins. The fins arc placed two at his head and two at his 

 side, and one at his tail, and the two at his head are like the cat's front 

 legs, and the two fins at his side are like the cat's back legs. 



The fish swims mostly with his back fin. 



The cat is covered with fur. 



The monkey is covered with fur. 



The squirrel is covered with fur, while the fish is covered with scales. 



Animals breathe air, fishes breathe air too. They breathe the air what 

 comes in with, the water. The water goes back through the gills. 



