The Progressive Composition Lessons Volume 2, P. 1 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ORAL AND WRITTEN REPRODUCTION 13 VII. ORAL AND WRITTEN REPRODUCTION Little Red Riding-hood Once upon a time a little girl lived in a cottage with her mother. The mother made for her a red riding-hood and a cloak. The little girl wore them everywhere she went, and everybody called her Little Red Riding-hood. One day her mother said to her, "Come, Little Red Riding-hood, take this jar of butter and this cake to your grandmother. She will be glad to see you." "Yes, Mother dear," said Little Red Riding- hood. She put the cake and the butter in the basket, and set off for her grandmother's house. As she walked along the path, she met a Wolf. She did not know what a wicked heart he had, so she was not afraid of him. '' Good morning,'' said the Wolf. '' Where are you going to-day?" To the teacher.?The entire story of Little Red Riding-hood should be read at some time previous to the composition work. For the composition lessons the story has been divided into three parts. The part needed should be re-read before each lesson. "Good morning, Mr. Wolf," said Little Red Riding-hood. "I am going to see my dear grandmother. I am taking her a basket of food." "Where does she live? "asked the wicked Wolf. "About a mile away in the woods," said the child. "I will go to see her some day," said the Wolf. Then he thought, "If the woodcutters were not here, I would eat you now." The Wolf walked beside her. "See these pretty flowers," he said. "Pick some for your grandmother." "Dear Grandmother will be glad to have a bunch of flowers," said Little Red Riding-hood to herself. So she stopped to pick some, and it was a very long time before she came at last to her grandmother's house. But the Wolf did not stop for anything. He went straight to the grandmot...