And it takes a great while
to eat it.
If you should close your teeth firmly on a lump of it, you would be
unable to open your mouth until it dissolved. The sensation while it is
melting is very pleasant, but it will not do to try to talk, for you can
not.
The boy used to make a big lump of it and give it to the dog, who seized
it with great avidity, and closed his jaws on it, as dogs will on any
thing.
It was funny the next moment to see the expression of perfect surprise
on the dog's face when he found that he could not open his jaws.
He shook his head; he sat down in despair; he ran round in a circle; he
dashed into the woods and back again.
He did every thing except climb a tree, and howl. It would have been
such a relief to him if he could have howled. But that was the one thing
he could not do.
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Language Lesson.--Let pupils change the verbs in the following lines,
so that they will indicate _present time_.
"He shook his head; he sat down in despair; he ran around in a circle;
he dashed into the woods and back again."
Suggestion.--Let the teacher, from time to time, select stories, and
have them read before the class.
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