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ALL LV A GARDEX FAIR. 79<br />

cry, and wondered whe<strong>the</strong>r it was ])ossible lor<br />

two <strong>boys</strong> to look more pr<strong>of</strong>oundly foolish.<br />

The next even<strong>in</strong>g Claire met <strong>the</strong>m at <strong>the</strong><br />

j^arden f^te and told <strong>the</strong>m a few French<br />

])hrases, and <strong>the</strong> names <strong>of</strong> th<strong>in</strong>gs about <strong>the</strong>m,<br />

and what she was go<strong>in</strong>g to talk about with her<br />

fa<strong>the</strong>r. Accord<strong>in</strong>gly, when <strong>the</strong> lesson began,<br />

<strong>the</strong>y knew Avhat was meant, and she went<br />

round <strong>the</strong> room Lnv<strong>in</strong>ir names to <strong>the</strong> th<strong>in</strong>g's.<br />

Then <strong>the</strong>y bei^an to f<strong>in</strong>d French names for<br />

everyth<strong>in</strong>g; as <strong>the</strong>y played <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> forest; as<br />

<strong>the</strong>y walked to school and back ; whenever<br />

<strong>the</strong>y w^ere with Claire. Remark, that <strong>the</strong> first<br />

th<strong>in</strong>g you want <strong>in</strong> a language is <strong>the</strong> vocabulary;<br />

men who learn many languages beg<strong>in</strong> after <strong>the</strong><br />

manner <strong>of</strong> Adam, with <strong>the</strong> names, not after <strong>the</strong><br />

maimer <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> schoolmaster, with <strong>the</strong> syntax.<br />

Those who do not want to le:irn a languaiie<br />

beg<strong>in</strong> with grannnar and exercises; this is <strong>the</strong><br />

wny <strong>of</strong> our schools, and it is <strong>the</strong> cause <strong>of</strong> our<br />

brilliant success <strong>in</strong> modern languages. Next,<br />

<strong>the</strong>y learned, chiefly by Claire's helj), how to<br />

connect <strong>the</strong> names with verbs and adjectives

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