10. They were going on into another room to see the eyes of the needles
made smooth, when Dora said, 'Oh, uncle, I am so tired!'
'So am I,' said Harry, 'and hungry, too.'
11. 'Come along, then,' said uncle, laughing. 'We all want our dinners,
I think.' He took Dora's hand in his, and away they went.
THE KNIFE.
ro'-ley
po'-ley
thought
morn'-ing
knife
least
blade
han'-dle
aunt'-ie
edg'-es
rath'-er
clock
1. There was not much talking at dinner, till after the second helping
of roley-poley.
2. Then Dora and Harry felt happy again, and began to tell their aunt
all about the needle-making. She had seen it once, but it was a long
time ago, and she thought she should like to see it again.
3. 'But if I had gone this morning,' she said, 'you would not have had
your pudding.'
'That would have been sad,' said Dora.
4. 'What a lot of steel we have seen,' said Harry. 'I never knew there
was so much in the world.'
5. 'You can see some on this table now.'
'Where?'
'What have I cut the pudding with?'
[Illustration]
'Oh, the knife! Yes, I see; that must be steel; at least, that part of
it. What do you call that part?'
'The blade.
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