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THESE ARE SAMPLE PAGES FROM 5TH GRADE , 1930-1945
Samples by dph in Toronto 9-10 Dec 2003, edited by dph 19 dec 03
EDITED 20 June 2005

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I got it down to my raft, even whole as it was, without losing time to look into it, for I knew in
general what it contained.
My next care was for some ammunition and arms. There were two very good fowling pieces in
the great cabin, and two pistols; these I secured first, with some powder-horns and a small bag of
shot and two old rusty swords. I knew there were three barrels of powder in the ship, but knew
not where our gunner had stowed them; but with much search I found them, two of them dry and
good, the third had taken water. These two I got to my raft with the arms.
And now I thought myself pretty well freighted, and began to think how I should get to shore
with them, having neither sail, oar, nor rudder, and the least capful of wind would have, overset
all my navigation.
I had three encouragements: first, a smooth, calm sea; secondly, the tide rising and setting in to
the shore; thirdly, what little wind there was blowing, blew me toward the land. And thus, having
found two or three broken oars belonging to the boat, and besides the tools which were in the
chest, I found two saws, an axe, and a hammer; and, with this cargo I put to sea.
For a mile or thereabouts my raft went very well, only that I found it drive a little distant from the
place where I had landed before; by which I perceived that there was, some indraft of the water.


Don't you remember the caterpillar that made a house on the twig above?"
"Oh, yes, poor thing, it must have died long ago," said the ant. "I went up there once or twice to
see if I could help, but I heard no sound nor stir."
" I am that caterpillar, " said the moth gently.
The ant stared and wondered. "I was once a pupa myself, " it cried. "But I did not hatch out with
such wings as those."
Just then who should come buzzing by but the very bee that had laughed at the caterpillar's
house. The bee, too, stopped to gaze at the wonderful stranger. When the bee learned that this
moth was that very caterpillar, it buzzed for wonder: "Well, well! so that was what you were
about, growing wings in your queer house!"
But the moth stirred itself, "Now I must go. I must find a shelter under a rock or in some hollow
tree until the sun goes down. But tonight ah, tonight! Then I shall come out to fly wheresoever I
will."
So the moth waved its great wings and flew softly and noiselessly away out of sight.
The ant and the bee sat looking after it. "And to think," cried the bee, "that we should not have
understood what the caterpillar was doing! After all, every one knows his own business best."


And =Pharaoh said to =Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river. And,
behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored; and they fed in a
meadow. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and
lean fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of =Egypt for badness. And the lean and the
ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine. And when they had eaten them; but they were
still ill-favored as at the beginning. So I awoke.
"And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good. And,
behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. And the
thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told this unto the magicians, but there was none
that could declare it to me."
And =Joseph said to =Pharaoh, "The dream of =Pharaoh is one. God has showed =Pharaoh what
he is about to do. The seven good kine are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years;
the dream is one. And the seven thin and ill-favored kine that came up after them are seven years;
and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
"This is the thing which I have spoken to =Pharaoh: What =God is about to do he shows to. 


About the second week in June, when the May-fly had danced its day and died, and =Crocker's
trout had recovered from the injury to his feelings, there came a night of gentle rain, of pleasant
tinkling upon window sills and a soothing patter among young leaves, and the =Culm was yellow
in the morning. " I mean to do it this afternoon," =Pike whispered to me, as he came back
panting. "When the water clears, then will be a splendid time."
The lover of the rose knows a gay, joyous beetle that delights to lie embedded in the heart of that
fragrant flower. All his back is emerald green, and all his head red =Indian gold. =Pike put his
finger in and brought him out, and offered him a change of joys, by putting a hook through him.
The beetle did not like it, but pawed the air very naturally, and fluttered with his wings
attractively.
" I meant to have tried with a fern-web," said the angler, "until I saw one of these beggars this
morning. If he works like that upon the water, he will do. It was useless to try artificial flies
again. What a lovely color the water is! Only three days now to the holidays. I have run it very
close. You be ready, youngster!"
With these words he stepped upon a branch of the alder, for the tone of the water allowed
approach, the ground being soft and yielding, without any mud.


" What was the meaning of that weakness, my friend? "
"Nothing good, as you will see; for having set out, complaining still of weakness of the legs, he
met a wild boar, which made head against him; he missed him with his gun, and was ripped up
by the beast and died immediately."
"There is no reason in that why you should alarm yourself, dear =Porthos. "
" Oh! you will see. My father was as strong again as I am. He was a rough soldier, under
=HenryIII and =HenryIV. Always on horseback, he had never known what weakness was. One
evening, as he rose from table, his legs failed him."
"He had supped heartily, perhaps, " said =Aramis, "and that was why he staggered."
"No, no, he was astonished at this weakness, and said to my mother, who laughed at him, `Would
not one believe I was going to meet with a wild boar, as my father did?"'
"Well?" said =Aramis.
"Well, having this weakness, my father insisted upon going down into the garden, instead of
going to bed; his foot slipped on the first stair, the staircase was steep; my father fell against a
stone in which an iron hinge was fixed. This hinge gashed his temple; and he was stretched out
dead upon the spot. "
=Aramis raised his eyes to his friend: "These are two extraordinary circumstances," said he; "let
us

"Is it not magnificent?" cried the two friends to the emperor. "Does not Your Majesty admire the
pattern and the colors?" As they said this they pointed to the empty looms, for each one thought
that the others could see the stuff.
"What's this?" thought the emperor. "I can see nothing at all. This is terrible. Am I stupid or am I
not fit to be emperor? That would be the most dreadful thing that could happen to me."
"Yes, it is very pretty," he said aloud. "It has our highest praise."
He nodded his head happily and stared at the empty looms. Never would he say that he could see
nothing there! His friends, too, gazed and gazed, but saw no more than had the emperor; yet they
cried out "It is beautiful!" and advised the emperor to wear a suit made of this cloth in a great
procession that was presently to take place.
The rogues were up the whole night before the morning of the procession, and kept more than
sixteen candles burning. The people could see them hard at work completing the new clothes for
the emperor. They pretended to take the stuff down from the loom; they made cuts in the air with
great scissors; they sewed with needles without thread; and at last they said, "The clothes are
ready."
The emperor, followed by his most distinguished courtiers, came in person, and the rogues lifted
up their arms just as if they held something, and. said.



I would not let a feather be lost or go ten yards from the castle until I had caught and put it in
again." " Well, surely, " says the judge, says he, "you are a supple man, =Donal, and no mistake.
=Taig, " says he, "there's no chance for you now. " "Don't be too sure," says =Taig, says he.
"Why," says the judge, "you couldn't surely do anything to equal these things, =Taig?"
Says =Taig, says he, "I can shoe the swiftest racehorse in the land when he is galloping at his
topmost speed, by driving a nail every time he lifts his foot."
"Well, well, well," says the judge, says he, "surely you are the three most wonderful men that
ever I did meet. The likes of you never was known before, and I suppose the likes of you will
never be on the earth again. There is only one other trial," says he, "and if this doesn't decide, I'll
have to give it up. I'll give the field," says he, "to the cleverest man among you. "
"Then," says =Conal, says he, "you may as well give it to me at once."
"Why, are you that clever, =Conal?" says the judge, says he.
" I am that clever," says =Conal, " I am that clever that I would make a skin-fit suit of clothes for
a man without a,ny more measurement than to tell me the color of his hair. "
"Then, boys," says the judge, says he, "I think the case is decided."


bear rushed at the shepherd; but when it saw his eyes, it was so frightened that it was ready to eat
itself. The shepherd felt that if he once took his eyes off the beast he was a dead man. In order to
keep himself awake, he made up songs and sang them, and so the night went by.
Next morning the lord chamberlain came to see the shepherd's bones and was amazed to find him
alive and well. He led him to the king, who fell into a furious passion and said, "Well, you have
learned what it is to be very near death. Now will you say, `To my very good health'?"
But the shepherd answered, "I am not afraid of ten deaths! I will not say it unless I may have the
princess for my wife."
"Then go to your death!" cried the king, and ordered him to be thrown into the den with the wild
boars.
The wild boars had not been fed for a week, and when the shepherd was thrust into their den,
they rushed at him to tear him to pieces. But the shepherd took a little flute out of the sleeve of
his jacket and began to play a merry tune. At this the wild boars first of all shrank shyly away and
then got up on their hind legs and danced gaily.
The shepherd would have given anything to be able to laugh, they looked so funny; but he dared
not stop playing, for he knew well enough that the.



They entered the inn and seated themselves at the table, but none of them was hungry. The poor
Cat felt very much indisposed and could eat only thirty-five mullets with tomato sauce and four
portions of tripe, and because the tripe did not taste just right he called three times for butter and
cheese to put on it.
The Fox would willingly have ordered something, but as the doctor had told him to diet, he had
to be contented with a nice fresh rabbit dressed with the giblets of chicken. After the rabbit he
ordered, as a finish to his meal, some partridges, some pheasants, some frogs, some lizards, and
some bird-of-paradise eggs; and then he did not wish any more. He had such a distaste for food,
he said, that he could not eat another mouthful.
=Pinocchio ate the least of all. He asked for a piece of meat and some bread, but he left
everything on his plate. He could think of nothing but the Field of Wonders.
When they had supped, the Fox said to the host, "Give me two good rooms, one for Mr.
=Pinocchio and another for me and my companion. Before we go we will ring the bell.
Remember, however, to wake us at midnight so that we can go on with our journey."
"All right, sir," replied the host, and he winked his eye at the Fox and the Cat, as if to say, "We
understand each other."



some eight inches apart, in an unbroken line extending the whole length of the drill. The artistic
hoer, however, is not content with this. His artistic soul demands not only that single plants
should stand in an unbroken row from end to end along the top of the drill, but that the drill itself
should be pared down on each side to the likeness of a house roof with a perfectly even ridge.
"Ever hoe turnips?" inquired =Perkins.
"Never," said =Cameron. "And I am afraid I won't make much of a fist at it."
" Well, you've come to a good place to learn, eh, =Tim! We'll show him, won't we?"
=Tim made no reply, but simply handed =Cameron a hoe and picked up his own.
"Now, show me, =Tim," said =Cameron in a low voice, as =Perkins and =Webster stepped off.
"This is how you do it," replied =Tim. "=Clickclick," forward and back went =Tim's sharp,
shining instrument, leaving a single plant standing shyly alone where had boldly bunched a score
or more a moment before.
"I say!" exclaimed =Cameron, "this is high art. I shall never reach your class, though, =Tim."
"Oh, shucks!" said =Tim, "slash in, don't be afraid. " =Cameron slashed in. " =Click-click, "
"Clickclick-click, " when =lo a long blank space of drill looked up reproachfully at him.
" Oh, =Tim! look at this mess, " he said in disgust.



"Which run is it?" said =Tadpole.
"Oh, the =Barby run, I hear," answered the other. "Nine miles at least, and hard ground; no
chance of getting in at the finish unless you're a first-rate runner. "
"Well, I'm going to have a try, " said =Tadpole. "I should like to try, too," said =Tom.
"Well, then, leave your waistcoat behind, and listen at the door after roll call, and you'll hear
where the meet is."
After roll call, sure enough, there were two boys at the door, calling out, "Big-side hare and
hounds meet at =WhiteHall. " And =Tom, having girded himself with leather strap and left all
superfluous clothing behind, set off for =WhiteHall, an old gable ended house some quarter of a
mile from the town, with =East, whom he had persuaded to join. At the meet they found some
forty or fifty boys; and =Tom felt sure, from having seen many of them run at football, that he
and =East were more likely to get in than they.
After a few minutes' waiting, two well-known runners, chosen for the hares, buckled on the four
bags filled with scent, compared their watches, and started off at a long, swinging trot across the
fields in the direction of =Barby. Then the hounds clustered round =Thorne, who explained
shortly: "They're to have six minutes  law. Every one who comes in.

The centaur nourished the child =Jason on roots and fruits and honey; for shelter they had a great
cave that =Chiron had lived in for numberless years. When he had grown big enough to leave the
cave, =Chiron would let =Jason mount on his back; with the child holding on to his great mane,
he would trot gently through the ways of the forest.
=Jason began to know the creatures of the forest and their haunts. Sometimes =Chiron would
bring his great bow with him; then =Jason, on his back, would hold the quiver and would hand
him the arrows. And soon =Jason, running beside him, hunted too.
No heroes were ever better trained than those whose childhood and youth had been spent with
=Chiron the king-centaur. He made them more swift of foot than any other of the children of
men. He made them stronger and more ready with the spear and bow.
Moreover, =Chiron taught =Jason the knowledge of the stars and the wisdom that had to do with
the ways of the gods.
Once, when they were hunting together, =Jason saw a form at the end of an alley of trees-the
form of a woman it was-of a woman who had on her head a shining crown. Never had Jason
dreamt of seeing a form so wondrous. Not very near did he come, but he thought he knew that
the woman smiled upon him. She was seen no more, and Jason knew that he had looked upon
one of the immortal goddesses,

with which to cook it. After breakfast they talked about what they should do.
=Ni-Va, the swimmer, wanted to swim across the river and see what the country was like on the
other side, but =Tul could not swim; and when they saw the dark backs of some great reptiles,
like crocodiles, cutting the surface of the water, they soon gave up the idea.
They were sitting on the bank, wondering whether they had not better go back, when =Tul saw a
log, the broken trunk of a tree, floating slowly down the stream close to the shore. Climbing out
on a low limb which hung over the water, he hooked the point of his spear into a broken branch
on the log and gently towed it up to the bank.
=Ni-Va, when he saw what =Tul had done, chattered with delight and sprang upon the log. In a
moment =Tul had joined him, pushing the log away from the shore with his spear. It floated
slowly out into the stream, carried along by the current, and =Tul and =Ni-Va found themselves
upon Man's first boat.
The two boys thought that they would be carried across the river on the log, but as soon as their
clumsy craft drifted to the middle of the stream, the current caught it with full force and began to
sweep it at a great rate down the river.
=Tul, with his spear, tried to guide their boat by pushing against the bottom; but the water was
far too deep for him to reach it, and in his efforts he very.



magician had given him, and there appeared to him the same genie who had taken him out of the
cave.
"What do you require?" said the genie; " I am ready to obey you in all things, I and the rest of the
slaves of the ring. "
=Aladdin asked the genie to restore the palace, but, not being so powerful as the slave of the
lamp, he could not do this. He therefore transported =Aladdin to that part of =Africa where his
palace now stood. =Aladdin found out from the princess that the lamp was in the possession of
the magician, and having purchased a poisonous drug from a chemist, he asked her to place this
in the cup of the magician.
Accordingly, when the magician came in the evening, the princess, in a pleasant manner, asked
him to change cups with her. He did so, and, draining the proffered cup, sank down lifeless on
the floor. =Aladdin then came in by the private door, and snatching the lamp from within the
magician's robe, made its slave convey the palace and all within it back to =China. The Sultan,
who was delighted to have his daughter back again, at once forgave =Aladdin, and again took
him into favor. =Aladdin was now rid of his enemy; and on the death of the Sultan, a few years
afterwards, he and the princess (who had no brothers) succeeded to the throne. They reigned
happily for a long period, and left a numerous and distinguished line of successors.

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