III.
Now[1], just here I was trying to see what[2] sort of boy David was when he grew[3] bigger; and, when I shut my eyes, and _so_ tried[4] to see _it_ all clearly, I heard a noise right[5] under my study window. This was[6] about[7] four o’clock, Friday afternoon; the schools were out, and the children running home[8]. I turned my head to see what was the matter[9], and then (App. § 14) I saw what I want[10] to tell you. About ten boys were standing together[11]. All at once a big boy knocked[12] a little boy[13] down, and rolled him in the snow[14]. The little boy got up[15], and said: “What[16] did you do that for?” Then[17] the big boy again approached the little boy[13], and I believe[18] he would have knocked him down again[19], had not the little boy[13] walked sobbing away[20] towards home.
[1] +Hier wollte ich nun sehen.+
[2] what sort of, +was für ein+.
[3] +werden.+
[4] +sich bemühen.+
[5] just under the window of my study.
[6] Here follow the words ‘on Friday afternoon’.
[7] Supply here the prep. ‘at’, +um+.
[8] 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=+.
[9] =the matter is=, +=es giebt=+, verb impers. Use the Present of the Subj., according to App. § 32.
[10] 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_?
[11] +neben einander+.
[12] to knock down, +zu Boden schlagen+.
[13] The noun ‘boy’ need not be repeated here.
[14] Supply here the adverb ‘about’ (+umher+).
[15] to get up, +auf´stehen+.
[16] What ... for = Why. Use the 2nd pers. sing.
[17] Upon this, S. 44, N. 4.
[18] 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.
[19] +noch einmal+.
[20] away towards home = home.
_Section 64._
TENDER, TRUSTY, AND TRUE.