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CHAPTER VII.

It is not worth while to go on describing every day at Stokesley, since lessons were far too much alike; and play-times, though varied enough for the house of Merrifield, might be less entertaining to the readers.

Enough to say, that by Saturday afternoon John had not only forfeited his last farthing, but was charged with another into next week, for the poor pleasure of leaving his hat on the school-room floor because Elizabeth had told him of it. At about four o'clock it set in for rain, catching the party at some distance from home, so that, though they made good speed, the dust turned into mud, and clung fast to their shoes.

David, never the best runner, was only in time to catch Johnnie by the skirt upon the third step of the staircase, crying out, "The pig!" but Johnnie, tired of the subject, and in a provoking mood, twitched away his pinafore, crying, "Bother the pig!" and rushed up after the four who had preceded him, leaving such lumps of dirt on the edge of every step, that when Miss Fosbrook came after with Elizabeth she could not but declare that a shower was a costly article.

"You see," observed Susan, "when it's such fine weather it puts one's feet out of one's head."

While Sam, Henry, and Bessie were laughing at Susan for this speech, little George trotted in, crying out, "Halty man come, Halty man come; Georgie want sweetie!"

"The Gibraltar man!" cried John and Annie with one voice, and they were at the bottom of the stairs with a bound.

1. what time was the rain to start
2. was there mud?
3. who called Johnnie a pig
4. what did little george cry out
5. where were the play-times
6. were the times varied
7. what day was it
8. who gave up his last bit of money
9. did they like the rain
10. what did George say he wanted
11. who was not the best runner
12. who twitched his pinafore
13. who yelled in sync, The Gbraltar man
14. were they at the top of the stairs
15. why did author not describe every day at Stokesley
16. why was John fined another bit of money the next week
17. where did he leave it
18. who told him of it
19. what time of day was it? morning or afternoon
20. did the dust turn to mud??
1. four o'clock
2. yes
3. David,
4. "Halty man come, Halty man come; Georgie want sweetie!"
5. house of Merrifield
6. enough
7. Saturday
8. John
9. yes
10. a sweetie
11. David
12. Johnnie
13. John and Annie
14. no
15. lessons were far too much alike;
16. left his hat
17. the floor
18. Elizabeth
19. afternoon
20. yes