Chapter IV: Preparation

We shall next hear about the mother goat’s return and about how she felt and what she did.

Tell what you think she did.

Can you think of any way she could get her dear children again?

Where did the wolf go? What did he do?

Narration.

THE MOTHER GOAT’S RETURN.

Well, it was not long before the mother goat came back from the forest with the food for her children. When she came near the house, what a sight met her eyes! The door stood wide open. The table, the chairs and the benches were overturned. The dishes were broken. The quilts and pillows were on the floor. She was amazed. She looked around, but not one little goat could she see. She sought for them, but not one could she find. She called each by his name, but no one answered.

Finally she heard a frightened little voice call out, “Dear mother, here I am, hid in the clock case.” The mother goat opened the clock. There, sure enough, was the youngest little goat. As soon as he could speak, he told his mother what had happened and how the wicked wolf had swallowed the other little goats.

The mother goat was so grieved at first that she could not think what to do. But presently she ran out, followed by her youngest child. As they came to the meadow they saw the wolf lying under the tree fast asleep. Then the mother thought, “Perhaps my children are still alive.”

She sent the little goat to the house to fetch a pair of shears, a needle, and some thread. She cut the wolf’s body open and one of the little goats peeped out. As she cut farther, one after another the six little goats jumped out. What joy there was! “Now, children,” said the mother, “go fetch some stones.” With these she filled up the wolf’s stomach. She then sewed up his body.

By and by the wolf got upon his feet. He was thirsty and went down to the brook to get a drink. As he put his head down to drink the heavy stones in his stomach made him fall into the water and he was drowned. When the little goats saw this they cried, “The wolf is dead! The wolf is dead!” and danced for joy.

Model Treatment.

1. Tell what the mother goat saw on her return. Tell about her grief. What did she do? Who finally replied? How were the little goats saved? What became of the wolf?

Reproduce from the beginning.

2. Tell what you know about a meadow. What grows there? What is the difference between a forest and a meadow?

Detail of Form Work.

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Part.| MAKING. | DRAWING. | CUTTING. | DRAMATIZATION.
-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------
|House of paper. |The Mother Goat | The Goat in | The Goat and her
I. | Goat modeled | and her seven | the forest. | little ones.
| in clay. | little ones. | |
-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------
|Table (see Worst,|The Wolf knocking|The Wolf at the|The Wolf knocks
II. | Ex. III). Wolf | at the door. | door. | at the door; the
| modeled in | | | little goats
| clay. | | | detect him.
-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------
| Bed (see Worst, | The Wolf and the|The Wolf and |The Wolf
III. | Ex. V). | Miller. | the Baker. | interviews the
| | | | Miller and the
| | | | Baker.
-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------
| Clock Face (see |The Wolf in the |The Kids |The Mother Goat’s
IV. | Worst, Ex. 63).| meadow under | dancing for | return.
| | the tree. | joy. |
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THE STARDOLLARS.