2. Copy the drawing of a Burmese girl on page 66 {Illustration of
Burmese woman with an umbrella}.

3. Write out the following: "The Burmese alphabet is very hard to learn.
Dull boys often take a year to learn it. In the monks' schools the lazy
boys are sometimes punished by being made to carry the hard-working boys
on their backs up and down the schoolroom."


Lesson 17.

1. What is the difference between Burmese football and British football?

2. Describe the picture on page 68 {Illustration of boys playing Burmese
football}.

3. Write out the following: "Rice is a grass on which many seeds grow.
These seeds are eaten. Rice will only grow in wet ground. The fields are
flooded with water, and then the rice-shoots are planted. The fields
must be kept flooded until the rice is ripe. In India, men sometimes
gather the rice in small boats."


Lesson 18.

[Illustration: {Rickshaw}]

1. Copy this little drawing of a rickshaw.