Chapter 3

Now, just here I was trying to see what sort of boy David was when he grew bigger; and, when I shut my eyes, and so tried to see it all clearly, I heard a noise right under my study window. This was about four o’clock, Friday afternoon; the schools were out, and the children running home. I turned my head to see what was the matter, and then (App. § 14) I saw what I want to tell you. About ten boys were standing together. All at once a big boy knocked a little boy down, and rolled him in the snow. The little boy got up, and said: “What did you do that for?” Then the big boy again approached the little boy, and I believe he would have knocked him down again, had not the little boy walked sobbing away towards home.

+Hier wollte ich nun sehen.+

what sort of, +was für ein+.

+werden.+

+sich bemühen.+

just under the window of my study.

Here follow the words ‘on Friday afternoon’.

Supply here the prep. ‘at’, +um+.

The English ‘=home=’, after a verb denoting motion, must be rendered by +=nach Hause=+, and ‘=at home=’, after a verb denoting rest, by +=zu Hause=+.

=the matter is=, +=es giebt=+, verb impers. Use the Present of the Subj., according to App. § 32.

The auxiliary verb of mood ‘+=wollen=+’ expresses =wish= and =want=; as—

+Was ~wollen~ Sie?+

What do you wish?

+Zu wem ~wollen~ Sie?+

Who is it you want?

+neben einander+.

to knock down, +zu Boden schlagen+.

The noun ‘boy’ need not be repeated here.

Supply here the adverb ‘about’ (+umher+).

to get up, +auf´stehen+.

What ... for = Why. Use the 2nd pers. sing.

Upon this, S. 44, N. 4.

Supply here the conj. +daß+. Read carefully § 36 of the App., and construe accordingly. Use the Pluperfect Subj. in both clauses, and observe that the verb +gehen+ always requires the auxiliary +sein+. See S. 29, N. 3.

+noch einmal+.

away towards home = home.

Section 64.

TENDER, TRUSTY, AND TRUE.