29. Home Again,

EXERCISES,





INTRODUCTORY BOOK.


I. GOOD-BYE TO FATHER.


1. Father kissed us and said, "Good-bye, dears. Be good children, and
help mother as much as you can. The year will soon pass away. What a
merry time we will have when I come back again!"

2. Father kissed mother, and then stepped into the train. The guard blew
his whistle, and the train began to move. We waved good-bye until it was
out of sight.

[Illustration: {Children waving good-bye to their father as the train
pulls away}]

3. Then we all began to cry--even Tom, who thinks himself such a man. It
was _so_ lonely without father.

4. Tom was the first to dry his eyes. He turned to me and said, "Stop