to make such mistakes when you are a man, you would be thought an
ignorant person, and not be treated with respect."

"Can you tell me of any mistakes I make now papa?"

[Illustration: LITTLE CHARLES LEARNING GEOGRAPHY.]

"Oh yes, I think I could very soon tell you of a great many. Just now,
when you were standing at the window, I heard you say,--'There goes two
white horses!' now that was a very great blunder, Charles."

"Was it, papa;--why?"

"Because it showed that you did not know the difference between singular
and plural."

"But I do know the difference--singular means one thing, and plural
means more than one."

"Exactly, so now try to find out the blunder."

Charles repeated the words two or three times, "there goes two white
horses;" but he could not find out what was wrong, and after puzzling
for a long while, he was obliged to give it up, and his papa
said,--"Suppose you had been talking about those horses before you saw
them go by, should you have said, 'there they goes?'" "No," said Charles.

"I should have said--'there they go.'"

"And why should you have said so?"