10. May was sitting on father's knee. "Dad," she said, "I suppose you
are the very first man who has ever been right round the world." "Of
course he is," said Tom.

11. Father laughed. "No, my dear," he replied; "thousands of men had
been round the world before I was born."

12. "I'm so sorry," said May. "I did so want to tell the girls at school
that my father was the very first man who ever went round the world."



EXERCISES.

(_To be worked under the direction of the teacher_)

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Lesson 1.

1. The father travelled by train. In what other ways might he have
travelled? Which is the fastest way? Which is the slowest?

2. What power drives the train? What other work does this power do?

3. Look carefully at the first picture in this book. Describe it.

4. Learn: _A globe is a small model of the earth._ Of what shape is
the earth? Of what shape are the sun, moon, and stars?