Live Language Lessons Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ... I look down on the garden green, Down on the roof so brown--Up in the air I go flying again, Up in the air and down.--Robert Louis Stevenson. 1. What fun have you ever had swinging? 2. What mishaps have ever happened when you were at this fun? 3. What other outdoor fun do you enjoy? 4. What games do you like best? 5. Tell of some merry spring sport you have had. 6. How do you play "pomp," hop-seotch, or some other spring game? 7. Read the poem. See how the poet has made the lines suggest the swinging. Think of swinging while you read it. Did you ever play pom-pom-pull-away? Of course you have. Every boy and girl surely knows that old game. How is it played? "Pomp " used to be one of the favorite games when I was a boy. What fun we did have chasing one another across the green I often think that we were the noisiest, merriest boys and girls that ever lived. But perhaps we were not. Boys and girls of to-day seem just about as noisy and full of frolic as we were. And they play quite as roughly. Sometimes they play too roughly, I fear. I am sure that we did once. We were having a game of "pomp." All but Jack had been caught. He was a strong boy, and he could outrun, all the rest of us easily. Twice he had made the goal by dodging and circling round the end of the line. A third time he broke through with such a rush that Tommy Davis, who tried to stop him, was sent spinning and fell with a hard bump. Tommy didn't mind his upset. It dazed him a little, but made him more determined than ever to catch Jack. Back we went to the goal and laid our plan to stop the rough racer. "Pomp " shouted our leader, and we all charged towards Jack. He tried to dodge, but we headed him back every time. Gradually we closed in around him. He...