WRITING ABOUT PICTURES

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thinking about the life of this animal, his hardships, and his feelings. As a result she wrote the following story:

WHITE FLASH

It was a cold day. Of course, White Flash, the fox, was used to cold, but this was an unusually bitter day, with a piercing wind that caused him to shiver even in his coat of thick, white fur. He hunted alone, and did not dwell in the colonies where the rest of his kind lived. It was much better to live alone, he thought. When one found something to eat, one didn't have to swallow it whole for fear someone else would grab it. Then, it was easier to hunt alone, and more pleasant, too. On the whole, White Flash was pretty well satisfied with the life he led. On this particular day he had hunted long and found nothing. Suddenly from behind a bush something came into view. White Flash gasped, if ever a fox has gasped! There in front of him, with a coat as soft and white as his own, stood a beautiful white fox-quite the most beautiful fox White Flash had ever seen. They went up to each other in a friendly way, and that was the beginning of a new life for White Flash.

It was another cold day, but White Flash did not mind it much, because he was very happy. He was waiting now for Lightfoot, his new companion. Ever since they had met on that cold, windy day the two foxes had been great friends, and White Flash often took Lightfoot hunting. He made a fine picture as he sat there waiting for her. He sat on his haunches, with his two fore feet drawn close together. His magnificent tail swept around him and his head was erect. All around him was snow, snow, snow, and behind him was a graceful clump of grass. Famous would have been the man who could have painted White Flash in his grace and beauty.

Soon White Flash saw what he was looking for. A lovely, graceful form came running to meet him. Together they went off to hunt. That day they had good luck, and trotted back toward their homes a happy pair of foxes. They parted at the knoll, but White Flash stood uncertain. Then he barked. Lightfoot looked around, turned, and came slowly back. White Flash went to meet her. They rubbed noses softly, and trotted off together toward White Flash's den.

White Flash hunts no more alone.

CORRECT USAGE

Grew, Grown; Drew, Drawn;
Shook, Shaken

Use an auxiliary verb with grown, drawn, and shaken. Do not use an auxiliary verb with grew, drew, shook.

EXERCISES

A. Answer the following questions with complete sentences in which the correct form of the verb grow, draw,or shake is used: 1. Who that picture?

2. Was that watermelon
3. Did the earthquake
4. Was the house

5. How much did you

6. Have you ever 7. Did you

8. Did the horse

here?

the house?

by the earthquake?
last year?

a floor plan of a house?
the tree to get the apples?

that heavy load?

B. Fill each blank in the following sentences with the correct

2. The wind blew so hard that it

3. Don't you think I have

4. The farmer

5. Mother

6. He

7. I have

the windows.

since last summer?

some very large pumpkins.

her head when I asked her if I might go.

the water from the well in a bucket.

the best picture I could.

PICTURE STUDY

WHITE FOx

Mori Ippo (1788-1878)

Among the foremost artists of modern Japan is Mori Ippo, the painter of White Fox. There are many fine examples of his work in this country, especially in Boston. White Fox belongs to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Ippo's pictures are simple compositions, characterized by breadth of treatment and daring originality. He is especially successful in his treatment of snow.

Notice the beautiful arrangement of lines in White Fox. The simplicity of the composition, the charming combination of lines, and the unity of the picture are characteristic of the best Japanese art.

XVI. CONJUNCTIONS

Coördinating Conjunctions. You have learned that conjunctions connect words or groups of words. Coördinating

conjunctions connect words or groups of words that are of equal rank.

1. Boys and girls attend this school.

2. Will you ride or walk?

3. The woman was frail but energetic.

4. He will arrive either by train or in an automobile.

5. The shop was a corner shop, and the master of the shop stood outside it.

6. All looked well from the outside, but within one could see that the house was untenanted.

In each of the first three sentences the conjunction connects single words in the same construction. And connects the two parts of the subject substantive; or connects the two parts of the predicate verb; but connects two predicate adjectives. In the fourth sentence either and or connect the two phrases by train and in an automobile.

In the fifth and sixth sentences the conjunctions and and but respectively connect two independent clauses.

The following are the most common coördinating conjunctions: