1. rose had to go away, to finish her lessons, and thomas also went out of the room to get a cloth to wipe up the spilt cream.
2. i was in danger of being swept away by this, but, just as rose was going out at the door, she saw me still in the midst of the cream.
3. in an instant i found myself nearly drowned again in a spoonful of it, and the next moment i was again placed on the grass of the lawn.
4. rose had scooped me up in the spoon and carried me there. i really think that she had a liking for me. how thankful i felt to be in the grass!
5. i hid myself under a daisy flower and took a good rest, for i felt very tired after my struggles. a good shower of rain came[pg 79] on, and i was quite glad to hear it patter on the leaves.
6. for i still felt a trifle sticky, and was glad to get my legs moist, so that i might wash myself all the better. at this time the sun was so warm, that i lived out of doors for some days.
7. i think that three days passed before i sat again on the white cap of mrs. sutton. but one morning, when she sat[pg 80] at the open window, i thought i should like to pay my old friend a visit.
8. it was breakfast time again. mr. sutton was reading the paper through his new glasses, and rose was busy eating her breakfast.
9. as i had had nothing but a few tastes of dew, and such small meals as were to be had from the flowers, for three days, i was rather hungry.
10. i thought that rose would spare me a bit of what was on her plate. but, as i was on the way to it, i had to pass a pot of something which had a better smell than what she was then eating.
11. it was honey. it made me forget all about rose, and her bread and butter. i pitched on the honey-pot, and began to feast as hard as i could.
12. but before i had eaten much, i saw rose take some and spread it on a piece of bread. at the same moment mrs. sutton rose and put the honey into a cupboard.
13. "the flies will get at this, if it is left without a cover," she said. "i cannot[pg 81] think why thomas has brought it in to table without one."
14. now i thought this a most unkind speech. they were all eating twenty times as much as i could do in a week at each mouthful. yet the honey was put into a dark cupboard out of my reach!
write: the fly was glad to clean his wings and legs. he came back to the room and sat on the cap of the old lady. he was pleased to get some honey.
questions: 1. what did rose do for the fly in the cream? 2. what did the fly do in the garden? 3. what did the fly find on the breakfast-table? 4. where did he pitch next? 5. what did the old lady do with the honey-pot? 6. what did the fly think of what she said?
