10 . Time
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Things
Qualities
clock day hour minute morning night time today tomorrow week Yesterday
bath bed brush comb hair shoe sleep soap sock space sponge wash
early -- late first -- last awake
Other Words :
month , watch , year ; history , rate , rhythm , unit
10 . Time
Morning
is the first
part of the day,
and night
is the last
part of the day. Night is the time for sleep,
and a bed
is he place for it.
My bed and the bed of my
brother are in one room. In the space
between the beds is a table with a clock
on it. In the morning, if my brother is not ,awake,
I put out my hand across the table and give the bed-cover a pull, and
say, "Good morning ! Are you awake ? Get up !" I get up and
go to the bath.
After than, if he is still not awake, I get a wet sponge
and put it on the face of my brother. I do not go very near, because
he may make my face wet with the sponge.
But on
some mornings my brother may get up a minute
after I go from the room, and while I am in the bathroom he may make
a knot in my sock
or put my shoe
far under the bed. On these days, though I am up first, he is ready
before I am. Yesterday we were ready together.
The first things which I put on are my socks, and the last thing is
my coat. When I have on everything but my coat, I take a comb
and put it through my hair.
If I do it after I have my coat on, a hair may get on my coat. I take
hairs off my coat with a brush.
I have my morning mean an hour
after I get up. In the early
part of the morning we do work ; in the late
part we have play. That is how the mornings go. Tomorrow
we will not do any work. On one day of every week
we may have a rest all the day.
Tomorrow is the
day after
this day, and yesterday
is the day before this day, and this day is today.
Before we go to bed we have a wash
with soap.
When we come from the bathroom my mother may say, "Are you ready
for bed ? When you are in bed I will come and say good night."
Questions
Which is the first part of the day and which is the lst ?
What is between the beds of the boy and his brother ?
What does the boy put on (a) first, (b) last ?
What things named here do you make use of for getting clean ?
When do the boys (a) do work, (b) have play ?
When may the boys have a rest all the day ?
In what other way may you say : (a) this day ; (b) the day before this day ; (c) the day after this day ?
What do the boys do before they go to bed ?
What do they have a wash with ?
What will the mother do when the boys are in bed ?
Answers
Morning is the first part of the day and night is the last.
a table with a clock on it.
(a) Socks, (b) coat.
Bath, brush, soap, sponge.
(a) In the early part of the morning ; (b) in the late part of the morning.
On one day of every week.
(a) Today ; (b) yesterday ; (c) tomorrow.
They have a wash.
Soap.
She will come and say good night.
Notes