1.“Tell us a story，uncle Phil，”said Rob and Archie，running to their uncle.
“What about？”said uncle Phil，as Rob climbed up on his right knee and Archie on his left.
2.“Oh，about something that happene.to you，”said Rob.“Something when you were a boy，”said Archie.
3.“Well，once when I was a little boy，”said uncle Phil，“I asked my mother to let Roy and myself go and play by the river.”
4.“Was Roy your brother？”asked Rob.
“No；but he was very fond of playing with me.My mother said yes，so off we went，and we had some good fun together.
5.”After a while I took a piece of wood for a boat and sailed it along the bank.At last it got into deep water，and I could not reach it with a stick，so I told Roy to go and get it for me.
6.“He almost always did what I told him，but this time he did not.I began to scold him，and he ran towards home.
7.”Then I grew angry.I picked up a stone，and threw it at him as hard as I could.Just then Roy turned his head，and the stone struck him right over the eye.““O uncle！”cried Rob. 8.“Yes，it made him stagger.He gave a little cry，and lay down on the ground.But I was still angry with him.I did not go to him，but took off my shoes and waded into the water for my boat.
9.”But the water was deeper than I thought，and I was soon carried away by the strongcurrent.I screamed as it carried me down stream，but there were no men near to help me.
10.“But as I went down under the deep water，some one took hold of me and dragged me towards the shore；and when I was safe onthe bankmy life.”I saw that it was Roy who had saved.
11.“Good fellow！Was he your cousin ？”asked Rob.
“No.”replied uncle Phil.
“What did you say to him？”asked Archie.
“I put my arms around his neck and cried，and asked him to forgive me.”
12.“What did he say？”asked Rob.“He said，’Bow-wow-wow.‘”“Why，who was Roy，uncle？”asked Archie，in⑤great surprise .
13.“He was my dog，”said uncle Phil-“thebest dog I ever saw.He taught me a lesson that day，did he not，boys？And I hope my story may teach you the same lesson.”
GRAMMAR EXERCISE
1.Write the nouns in sections 4to 7.
2.Point out subject and predicate in the first sentence of section 7.
