"Oh, did you not know that it was Neptune who pulled my sister out of
the water?" said Tom.
11. "He saw her go in, and without being told, he got her out. She
would have been drowned without him. She had been told not to go near
the pond, but she ran down to it, without leave, when no one was
looking."
12. The other little girl here grew very red. "You need not have said
that, Tom," said she. But Tom was a bit of a tease. He only laughed and
said that his sister was always doing what she was told not.
* * * * *
_Write:_ Rose took the fly out of her glass. She put him on a leaf to
get dry. Tom told them about his big dog. It saved the life of Lucy.
Questions: 1. What did Rose do for the fly in her glass? 2.
What did the dog do for Lucy? 3. What did Tom say that his
dog could do? 4. What else would he bring out from the
bottom? 5. What did Neptune have on the night when he saved
Lucy's life?