to be the points, and the heads lie in the middle of the wire.'

8. But no heads were to be seen yet. And the wire was not even straight,
for it had long been rolled up in a coil. As the machine went on
chopping, and the wire-strips dropped, a man picked them up and put them
on a shelf in a sort of oven.

9. There they were kept till they were red-hot, and then they were soft
enough to be made straight.




NEEDLES.

PART 2.

[Illustration: 'Now you see the points of the needles.']


points
heads
eyes
un´-cle
block
heav´-y
ham´-mer
al-lowed´
laugh´-ing
watched