SIXTEEN STORIESANDHOW TO USE THEM.
I.
Preparation.
We are going to hear a story of a mother goat who left her seven little ones at home while she went into the forest to get food for them.
Who has not seen a goat? What do we call a young goat? What kind of food will the mother goat get?
Have you ever been left alone? Were you not told how to behave? What do you suppose the mother goat told her little ones as she went away? Let us hear.
Narration.
Once there lived an old goat who had seven young ones. She loved them as every mother loves her children. One day she wished to go into the forest to get food for her children. So, calling them to her, she said:
“Dear children, I am going into the forest to get you something to eat. Now be on your guard against the wolf; for, if he comes here, he will eat you up. But you will know him by his rough voice and his black feet.”
The little goats replied: “Dear mother, we will be very careful and pay close attention to what you say. You need not be at all anxious about us.” So the mother bleated a good-bye and ran off quite contented.
Model Treatment.
1. Why was the mother goat going to the forest?About what animal did she tell them?How were they to know him? Tell what the little goats said in reply.Reproduction by the children.2. Where have you seen a goat? What animal does the goat look like? What does he eat? Where does he live? What kind of a voice has the goat? What kind of feet has he?Tell what you know about a forest? What is found in a forest?3. Tell what the goat did that shows she was a kind and careful mother? Who cares for you and gives you food and clothing and sends you to school? What does your father do to help care for you? Your mother?Tell the promise the little goats made.Tell how you think they acted.
1. Why was the mother goat going to the forest?
About what animal did she tell them?
How were they to know him? Tell what the little goats said in reply.
Reproduction by the children.
2. Where have you seen a goat? What animal does the goat look like? What does he eat? Where does he live? What kind of a voice has the goat? What kind of feet has he?
Tell what you know about a forest? What is found in a forest?
3. Tell what the goat did that shows she was a kind and careful mother? Who cares for you and gives you food and clothing and sends you to school? What does your father do to help care for you? Your mother?
Tell the promise the little goats made.
Tell how you think they acted.
II.
Preparation.
The story will now tell us how the wolf came and tried to get into the house. How do you think he tried to get in?
Tell how he might get in.
Narration.
Not long after the mother had gone the little goats heard a knock at the door, and pretty soon a deep, rough voice said: “Open the door, my dear children; it is your mother. She has brought each of you something to eat.” But the little goats cried out: “You are not our mother. You have a great, rough voice. You are the wolf.”
So the wolf went to a shop near by where he bought some chalk. He ate this and it made his voice soft and fine. Then he came back and knocked again, and called out as softly as he could, “Open the door, dear children; your mother has come from the forest and wants to get in.”
But the little goats were still afraid and said, “Put your feet on the window-sill so that we can see them.” The wolf did so and they at once cried out, “Oh! you are not ourmother. You have black feet. You are the wicked wolf.” So the wolf turned and went away.
Model Treatment.
1. What did the wolf say when he came the first time? How did the goats know him? What did he do? How did the goats know him the second time he came?Reproduction of the story from the beginning.2. Where does the wolf live? What kind of home has he? Is he a tame animal? What kind of food does he eat? What animal does he look like? Is his voice like the goat’s? Are their feet alike?3. Have the little goats kept their promise to their mother? Do you like the way they have acted? Do you like the way the wolf acted?
1. What did the wolf say when he came the first time? How did the goats know him? What did he do? How did the goats know him the second time he came?
Reproduction of the story from the beginning.
2. Where does the wolf live? What kind of home has he? Is he a tame animal? What kind of food does he eat? What animal does he look like? Is his voice like the goat’s? Are their feet alike?
3. Have the little goats kept their promise to their mother? Do you like the way they have acted? Do you like the way the wolf acted?
III.
Preparation.
The story now tells us how the wolf finally got into the house and what he did there.
How do you think the wolf succeeded in deceiving the goats? How did he change his voice? Do you wish to hear what the wolf next did?
What do you think he did? He made his voice soft and loving like that of the mother goat. Do you think he could make his feet like hers? How could he?
Let us hear what he did with his feet.
Narration.
The wolf did not know now what to do. Presently he thought, “I will go to the baker.” So to the baker he went and said, “I have hurt my feet; put some dough on them.” The baker felt sorry for the wolf and put some dough on his feet.
Then the wolf ran to the miller and in a rough voice said, “Strew some white flour on my feet.” The miller, thinking the naughty wolf was going to deceive some one, did not want to do it. But the wolf said, “If you do not do so at once, I will eat you.” This made the miller afraid. So he powdered the wolf’s feet with flour.
This done, the wolf went a third time to the door of the house and said softly, “Open the door for me, dear children. It is your mother. I have come back and brought each one of you something nice to eat.”
But the little goats still remembered what their mother had said and called out, “Show us your feet and we shall know whether you are our mother or not.” The wolf put his feet in the window as before. Now, when the little goats saw that the feet were white, they thought that it was really their dear mother and opened the door.
But who should walk in but the wicked wolf! The little goats were terribly frightened and each one ran to hide himself as best he could. One ran under the table, the second hid in the bed, a third jumped into the oven, a fourth slipped into the cupboard, a fifth hid in the back kitchen among the pots and pans, a sixth hid under the wash-tub, and the seventh hid in the clock case. But the wolf found them all and ate them one after the other,—all but the youngest that hid in the clock case. He did not find him.
Then he said to himself, “Well, well! I am tired. I must have a nap.” And he went out into the green meadow and lay down to sleep under a tree by a little brook.
Model Treatment.
1. What did the wolf say to the baker? What to the miller? How were the goats deceived? Where did each one hide? Which one was saved?Reproduction from beginning.2. Tell what the baker does? The miller? Have you seen a mill where flour is made?How is flour made? What grains are used to make flour? What grains have you seen growing? What name do we give to the persons that raise grain for us?3. Tell why the baker put dough on the wolf’s feet? Why did the miller put flour on? Had the wolf really hurt his feet? Describe the wolf’s conduct. What do you think of him?
1. What did the wolf say to the baker? What to the miller? How were the goats deceived? Where did each one hide? Which one was saved?
Reproduction from beginning.
2. Tell what the baker does? The miller? Have you seen a mill where flour is made?
How is flour made? What grains are used to make flour? What grains have you seen growing? What name do we give to the persons that raise grain for us?
3. Tell why the baker put dough on the wolf’s feet? Why did the miller put flour on? Had the wolf really hurt his feet? Describe the wolf’s conduct. What do you think of him?
IV.
Preparation.
We shall next hear about the mother goat’s return and about how she felt and what she did.
Tell what you think she did.
Can you think of any way she could get her dear children again?
Where did the wolf go? What did he do?
Narration.
Well, it was not long before the mother goat came back from the forest with the food for her children. When she came near the house, what a sight met her eyes! The door stood wide open. The table, the chairs and the benches were overturned. The dishes were broken. The quilts and pillows were on the floor. She was amazed. She looked around, but not one little goat could she see. She sought for them, but not one could she find. She called each by his name, but no one answered.
Finally she heard a frightened little voice call out, “Dear mother, here I am, hid in the clock case.” The mother goatopened the clock. There, sure enough, was the youngest little goat. As soon as he could speak, he told his mother what had happened and how the wicked wolf had swallowed the other little goats.
The mother goat was so grieved at first that she could not think what to do. But presently she ran out, followed by her youngest child. As they came to the meadow they saw the wolf lying under the tree fast asleep. Then the mother thought, “Perhaps my children are still alive.”
She sent the little goat to the house to fetch a pair of shears, a needle, and some thread. She cut the wolf’s body open and one of the little goats peeped out. As she cut farther, one after another the six little goats jumped out. What joy there was! “Now, children,” said the mother, “go fetch some stones.” With these she filled up the wolf’s stomach. She then sewed up his body.
By and by the wolf got upon his feet. He was thirsty and went down to the brook to get a drink. As he put his head down to drink the heavy stones in his stomach made him fall into the water and he was drowned. When the little goats saw this they cried, “The wolf is dead! The wolf is dead!” and danced for joy.
Model Treatment.
1. Tell what the mother goat saw on her return. Tell about her grief. What did she do? Who finally replied? How were the little goats saved? What became of the wolf?Reproduce from the beginning.2. Tell what you know about a meadow. What grows there? What is the difference between a forest and a meadow?
1. Tell what the mother goat saw on her return. Tell about her grief. What did she do? Who finally replied? How were the little goats saved? What became of the wolf?
Reproduce from the beginning.
2. Tell what you know about a meadow. What grows there? What is the difference between a forest and a meadow?
Detail of Form Work.
Part.MAKING.DRAWING.CUTTING.DRAMATIZATION.I.House of paper.Goat modeledin clay.The Mother Goatand her sevenlittle ones.The Goat inthe forest.The Goat andher little ones.II.Table (see WorstEx. III). Wolfmodeled in clay.The Wolf knockingat the door.The Wolf at thedoor.The Wolf knocks atthe door; the littlegoats detect him.III.Bed (see Worst,Ex. V).The Wolf and theMiller.The Wolf and theBaker.The Wolf interviewsthe Miller andthe Baker.IV.Clock Face (seeWorst, Ex. 63).The Wolf in themeadow underthe tree.The Kids dancingfor joy.The Mother Goat’sreturn.