Chapter VIII: Supplementary Reading

Before studying these lessons in supplementary reading, it is suggested that the teacher read again what has been said on "Extensive Reading", p. 39 of this Manual.

SOUTH-WEST WIND, ESQ.

(Third Reader, page 86)

You have read the story of South-West Wind,
Esq., in the Third Reader.

Who were the persons mentioned in this story?
Three brothers, Schwartz, Hans, and Gluck.

What were their characters? Schwartz and Hans
were rich but very miserly; they were
quarrelsome, drunken, and cruel. Gluck was
kind, polite, and unselfish.

How did Gluck show these qualities? He admitted
the stranger into the house for shelter from
the rain, when he knew his brothers would
punish him for so doing; he asked politely to
take the stranger's cloak, when the water
dripping from it was putting the fire out; and
he offered him his share of the mutton,
although he knew it meant that he must go
without his own supper.

When the older brothers returned what did they
do? They tried to punish Gluck and to force the
stranger out of the house.

What happened? They were hurled to the ground
by the stranger, who was much stronger than
they supposed.

What other punishment did they receive? The
roof was blown off the house while they slept,
and their beautiful valley, together with their
crops and cattle, was utterly destroyed by the
heavy rains.

Who was the stranger? He left his card with
"South-West Wind, Esq." written on it.

Now the story in the Reader is only the first
chapter of a longer story, which relates what
fortune came to the three brothers. What should
you expect would happen to them? I should
expect that Schwartz and Hans would have more
troubles, and that Gluck would be rewarded for
his kind-heartedness.