5. What happened to them?

6. What sort of man was it who

said he had a story which would last for ever? 7. Did he make any arrangements before he began? 8. What did the tyrannical king do with all the corn that he seized? 9. How big was the granary? 10. How long did it take to fill it? 11. What did he do when it was full? 12. But where had the bricklayers left a hole? 13. How big was it? 14. What happened then? 15. For how long did he go on repeating the same story? 16. Did he get any rest between while? 17. Why would the man not tell the king what happened when all the corn was taken out? 18. How long did the king listen after the first break in the story? 19. What did he say then to the storyteller? 20. Give the man's reply, 21. How much longer did the king endure the endless repetition? 22. At the end of the year what did he say? 23. Who heard the end of the story?

DICTATION. Learn to spell and write out section 11.

EXERCISES.-1, Learn to spell the following words :

2. Learn to parse every word in the following sentence: A capricious king made a promise which he thought he should never be obliged to fulfil ; but a clever story-teller outwitted him and won the prize.

3. Add prefixes to the following words: Ever; appear; told; pleased; built; engaged; patience; till.

4. Add suffixes to the following words: Heir; pretend; fail; end; week; fellow; please; danger; tyrant; patient; tire; interrupt; listen; weary; space.

5. Write out the conjugation of the following verbs: Tell; come; spin; drink; begin; bear,

6. Make nouns out of the following verbs and adjectives: Listened; unconquerable; interrupted; weary; tell; cleared; dark; encouraged; full; carried; abominable; married.

7. Explain the following phrases: (1) The king made a proclamation. (2) He would make him his heir. (3) Many candidates appeared. (4) A great tyrant. (5) A flight of locusts. (Others may be given.)

Train, followers.

Wont, in the habit of doing.
Allow'ance, permission.
Hie, to hasten.

1. The king, her father,

Scull'ion, a servant who used to

clean the pots and the dishes in the kitchen.

Fran'tic, wild, furious.

Peers, men of high rank.
Mus'ter, to collect together.
Swoon'ing, fainting.

all this while

With his two daughters stayed:
Forgetful of their promised loves,
Full soon the same decayed;

And living in Queen Regan's court,

The eldest of the twain,

She took from him his chiefest means,
And most of all his train.

2. For whereas twenty men were wont
To wait with bended knee,
She gave allowance but to ten,
And after scarce to three;

Nay, one she thought too much for him;
So took she all away,

In hope that in her court, good king,

He would no longer stay.

3. Am I rewarded thus,' quoth he,
'In giving all I have
Unto my children, and to beg
For what I lately gave?
I'll go unto my Gonorell:

My second child, I know,
Will be more kind and pitiful,
And will relieve my woe.'

4. Full fast he hies then to her court;
Who, when she heard his moan,
Returned him answer, that she grieved
That all his means were gone;
But no way could relieve his wants;
Yet, if that he would stay
Within her kitchen, he should have

What scullions gave away.

* Shakspeare, in his play of King Lear, spells this name Goneril.

5. When he had heard with bitter tears, He made his answer then :

'In what I did, let me be made Example to all men.

I will return again,' quoth he, 'Unto my Regan's court;

She will not use me thus, I hope,

But in a kinder sort.'

6. "Where when he came, she gave command To drive him thence away:

'When he was well within her court,'
She said, 'he would not stay.'
Then back again to Gonorell
The woful king did hie,

That in her kitchen he might have
What scullion boys set by.

7. But there of that he was denied,
Which she had promised late;

For

once refusing, he should not
Come after to her gate.

Thus 'twixt his daughters for relief
He wandered up and down;
Being glad to feed on beggar's food,
Who lately wore a crown.

8. And calling to remembrance then
His youngest daughter's words,
That said the duty of a child

Was all that love affords ; But doubting to repair to her Whom he had banished so,

Grew frantic mad; for in his mind.

He bore the wounds of woe:

9. Which made him rend his milk-white locks And tresses from his head,

And all with blood bestain his cheeks,
With age and honour spread.

To hills and woods and watery founts
He made his hourly moan,

Till hills and woods and senseless things
Did seem to sigh and groan.

10. Even thus possessed with discontents,
He passed o'er to France,

In hopes from fair Cordelia there

To find some gentler chance;

Most virtuous dame!

who when she heard

Of this her father's grief,

As duty bound she quickly sent
Him comfort and relief:

11. And by a train of noble peers,
In brave and gallant sort,

She gave in charge he should be brought
To Aganippus' court;

Whose royal king with noble mind

So freely gave consent

To muster up his knights at arms,
To fame and courage bent.

12. And so to England came with speed,
To repossess King Lear,

And drive his daughters from their thrones
By his Cordelia dear.