Now if you wish to know what these things were, which had escaped from the box, I will tell you. They were the whole family of earthly Troubles. There were evil Passions; there were a great many Sorrows; there were Diseases in a vast number of shapes; and 5 there were more kinds of Naughtiness than I need to tell you about. And now, to the great surprise of the children, there came a gentle little tap on the inside of the lid. "What can that be?" cried Pandora. Again the tap! It sounded like the tiny knuckles of a fairy's hand, knocking lightly and playfully. ΤΟ With one consent, the two children again lifted. the lid. Out flew a sunny and smiling little personage and hovered about the room, throwing a light wherever 15 she went. She flew to Epimetheus and laid the least touch of her finger on the inflamed spot where the Trouble had stung him, and the anguish was gone. "Who are you?" inquired Pandora. "I am to be called Hope!" answered the sunshiny figure. "I was sent to make amends to the human race for that swarm of ugly Troubles which was destined to be let loose among them. Never fear! we shall do pretty well in spite of them all." - A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls (adapted). 1. What got Pandora in trouble? What do people mean when they speak of "Pandora's box "? What good thing came from the box? 20 HUNTING SONG BY SIR WALTER SCOTT AKEN, lords and ladies gay, Won the mountain dawns the day, On All the jolly chase is here, With hawk and horse and hunting spear! Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, "Waken, lords and ladies gay." Waken, lords and ladies gay, To track the buck in thicket green; S Waken, lords and ladies gay, We can show the marks he made, "Waken, lords and ladies gay." Louder, louder chant the lay, Tell them youth and mirth and glee Time, stern huntsman, who can balk, 1. Read a line that tells when the events of this story take place. What is being hunted? 2. How was the hunt conducted? 15 |