color did yon ever see a rainbow here is a picture of a child looking at a rainbow do yon see the in the sky f do yon know what a rainbow f it is the shining on of bright little drops df rain in the sky what advantage is there in having the fields green in t green is a very pretty color to see the grass were red what harm there be in it the bright in the summer would shine upon it so as to make it oar eyes does not the sun shine upon the snow in winter does it our eyes tea why then did gk d make the snow perhaps because white snow makes it lighter in the night why should not the fields be covered with something white in summer too perhaps because the nights are not so long and there is not so much danger if it is dark what then would be the harm if the fields were of any bright color in summer our eyes would always be dazzled what would be the harm if the fields were of any dark color in winter it would be very dark and gloomy in the night and persons would often be lost in the snow and what color is fire very bright � yellow and red what good does it do for the fire to be of a very color it gives us light in the night is it any safer to use fire on account of its being very bright yes if any thing takes fire it makes a great light and people see it sooner what color is water it has no color is not water white no milk is white and milk is very different from water what kind of things are in nature that have the brightest colors the things that are seen but seldom or that last but a short time what things are there in nature that are seen seldom which have bright colors some birds in the woods especially in countries where there are but few men what things are th re in nature that last but a short time which have bright colors the rainbow and flowers why is it that only such things as are seldom seen or that last but a short time have bright colors because we soon get tired of bright and gay colors though they are very pretty at first hardness and softness hardness and can you think of any thing that is hard can you think of any thing that is soft tell me as many things as you can think of that are hard tell me as many things as yon can think of that are soft what do you mean by saying that a thing is soft it when we push against it what do we mean when we say it is hard that it does not when t against it feel of the table and tell me whether it is hard o oft does it yield when we push against it feel of your cheek and tell me whether it is hard or soft does it yield when you push against it is a cushion hard or soft why is a cushion made soft what part of the body is the hardest the teeth why is it necessary that the teeth should be hard why is the table made of something hard so that it may not bend and let the fall off is a pin cushion hard or soft why is it necessary that a should be soft do you know what people put into the inside of a pin cushion to make it soft so that the pins will go in is a made of hard or soft is a bed made of something hard or soft why is the bed made of something soft and the of something hard the must be stiff and hard to keep up the bed and the bed must be soft so as to be easy to sleep upon and here is the picture of a bed with a boy lying in it don t bee how soft it looks the boy looks very comfortable lying in a nice bed do you do you see the table and the lamp what a pleasant room it is don t you think it ia a the gentleman is reading the boy a bt � y do yon see the book i the boy has been sick and is now getting better and the gentleman is a story i see a good many more books in the room do yon see them f do yoa think it is or winter here why do yon think it is night or day why which is the an apple or a piece of wood how do and softness you know because i can cut the apple much easier than i can the wood which is the a pillow or the back of a cat suppose you strike two hard things together what do you observe they make a noise suppose you strike two soft things together do they make a noise with two balls of are your fingers soft or hard there is something hard in the middle of them but they are soft outside suppose they were hard what would be the harm they would rattle together when i moved them what parts of your body are hard my teeth and my nails why did make your teeth hard so that i can bite things with them why did god make your nails hard so that i can point better and take up little things with them which is hardest the shell of a or the meat how do you know because i can bite the meat but can not bite the shell which is the hardest the shell of a or the shell of a chestnut how do you know which 