. Sandford and Merton : in words of one syllable . ir new house. So this is the end ofall our toil! said Tomwith his eyes full of Hal went to look atthe stakes that the windhad blown down, he foundthat the cause of it all wasthat they did not go sodeep in the ground as theyshould have done; so thatwhen the wind blew on theflat side of the wall, theyhad not strength to bear it;but Mr. Barlow struck thetops of the stakes (whichthe boys could not reach), and drove them in so firmthat, let the wind blow ashard as it might, theywould be quite safe. The next thing to bedone was to put a r
. Sandford and Merton : in words of one syllable . ir new house. So this is the end ofall our toil! said Tomwith his eyes full of Hal went to look atthe stakes that the windhad blown down, he foundthat the cause of it all wasthat they did not go sodeep in the ground as theyshould have done; so thatwhen the wind blew on theflat side of the wall, theyhad not strength to bear it;but Mr. Barlow struck thetops of the stakes (whichthe boys could not reach), and drove them in so firmthat, let the wind blow ashard as it might, theywould be quite safe. The next thing to bedone was to put a roof on—for till now, their househad none; so they put longpoles to rest on the tops ofthe four walls, and on thesethey laid straw; and theythought now that the housewould be snug and dry. By and by the rain camedown hard on it, and theboys were proud to thinkhow dry and warm it keptthem: but at last, the strawthat was on the top gotwet through; for as theirroof was flat, there was noway for the rain to run last they could stand it AffT B. Hal and Tom resi by the Fire in the poor Dales Cot. SAND FORD AND MERTON. 49 no more, and went in doorsto talk of what they shoulddo. The top should havemore straw, said Tom. No, said Hal, thatsnot it; it must be that ourroof is too flat; for youknow all roofs slant, thatthe rain may run off fromthem. The next day they set towork at a new roof, withstraw for a thatch ; and thatthe wind should not blowit off, they stuck bits ofstick from peg to peg, tokeep it in its place. When this was done,they found that the walls,which were made of twigs,did not keep the wind out;so to cure this, they putwet clay on each side ofthem. Well, said Mr. Barlow, you have been as muchput to it to know what todo, as the bees were whenthey made a wax tomb fortheir guest. Tom.— What bees werethose, sir. Mr. Barlow.— I did notsee the hive, but this tookplace in real life. Theguest I speak of was asnail, that made his waythrough the hole of a hivewhich was
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