. Oral and written English . standing so longin the yard alone. Bruin had at length found his way to thestaircase. At first the little children were in a terrible fright atthis unexpected visit, and each ran into a corner to hide the bear found them all out, put his muzzle, snuffling, intheir faces, but did not harm them in the least. He must be a dog, thought the children, a great big dog,and they began to stroke him familiarly. The bear stretchedhimself out at his full length upon the floor, and the youngestboy rolled over him, and nestled his curly head in the shaggyblack fur of
. Oral and written English . standing so longin the yard alone. Bruin had at length found his way to thestaircase. At first the little children were in a terrible fright atthis unexpected visit, and each ran into a corner to hide the bear found them all out, put his muzzle, snuffling, intheir faces, but did not harm them in the least. He must be a dog, thought the children, a great big dog,and they began to stroke him familiarly. The bear stretchedhimself out at his full length upon the floor, and the youngestboy rolled over him, and nestled his curly head in the shaggyblack fur of the beast. Then the eldest boy went and brought LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION 27 his drum, and thumped away on it with might and main; where-upon the bear stood erect upon his hind legs and began to glorious fun! Each boy shouldered his musket; the bearmust of course have one too, and he held it tightly and firmly,like any soldier. There s a comrade for you, my lads! and awaythey marched — one, two, — one, two !. The door suddenly opened and the childrens mother should have seen her — speechless with terror, her cheekswhite as a sheet, and her eyes fixed with horror. But the youngestboy nodded with a look of intense delight, and cried, Mamma,we are only playing soldiers ! At that moment the master ofthe bear appeared. — Hans Christian Andersen, A PictureBook without Pictures {Adapted) Oral Exercise. Tell this story, but first read it carefullyto see that it falls into four parts: (i) the bear alonebehind the woodstack; (2) the bear entering the room 28 ORAL AND WRITTEN ENGLISH and the frightened children trying to hide in thecorners; (3) the children playing with the bear, whichthey think is only a big dog; (4) the frightened these four steps as you tell the story.^*^ It would be fun to have one of the boys tell the storyas if he were the bear, and one of the girls as if she werethe mother of the children. Might this story have ended
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