08 THE GIRL’S STORY BOOK.

say, Sue?” asked Mrs. Birchard.
“Read it.”

Sue read the definition from

 

the dictionary: “A figurative
sentence or discourse, in which
the principal subject is describ-
ed by another subject resem-
bling it m its properties and
circumstances.”

Mrs. Birchard laughed, and
said, “Well, my dear, I do not

wonder that you are no wiser