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Par. 20.1

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Tommy had heard from Mr. Barlow many stories about the
taming of wild animals; so he thought to himself he
should like to tame1 a pig. He had heard that the
youngest animals are most easily tamed'; so he chose
out the youngest pig in the farm-yard, and approached
it with some bread in his hand. " Come here, little
pig," said he; but the pig ran away. " Then I must
fetch you," cried Tommy, and, so saying, he caught it
by the leg. The little pig squeaked, and the old sow,
coming up, ran between Tommy's legs, and knocked him
down in the mud. " Who did all this mischief?" said
Mr. Barlow, coming out that moment from the house.
"That foolish pig," said poor Tommy. "Oh! no,"
replied Mr. Barlow, "that foolish boy."
In doing the above Exercise, make three columns,
thus:

Answer to the ques- Answer to the question
twhom? or what? after
tion whoe? er or Preposibefore the Verb, i.e. te Verb or Preosition, i.e.
WORD. SUBJECT. OBJECT.
had heard Tommy many stories about
the taming of wild
animals
from - Mr. Barlow
to tame - a pig
1 Some of these Verbs, e.g., to tame, have no Subjects; some, e.g.
are tamed, have no Objects.