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"New National Fourth Reader"

--Let some pupil explain the meaning of the third
paragraph of the lesson.
Change the verbs in the last paragraph so as to indicate _future
time_.

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LESSON LXX.

grim'y, _dirty_.
re al i za'tion, _the act of coming true_.
in vent'ed, _found out; contrived_.
per mit'ted, _allowed_.
dis solved', _melted; broken up_.
a vid'i ty, _eagerness_.
re duced', _made smaller in quantity_.
sen sa'tion, _feeling_.
crys'tal lize, _change into hard particles of a regular shape_.

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MAKING MAPLE SUGAR.
PART II.

In the great kettles the boiling of the sap goes on slowly, and the
liquid, as it thickens, is dipped from one to another, until in the end
kettle it is reduced to syrup, and is taken out to cool and settle,
until enough is made to "sugar off."
To "sugar off" is to boil the syrup until it is thick enough to
crystallize into sugar. This is the grand event, and is only done once
in two or three days.
But the boy's desire is to "sugar off" all the time. He boils his kettle
down as rapidly as possible; he is not particular about chips, scum, or
ashes.


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