_Seemed_ does not make
sense, but _seemed bursting_ does. What does _forth_ modify? What does
_with the treasures of the farm_ modify? In the third sentence what two
nouns form the subject of _skimmed?_ What connects these two nouns? In the
fourth what word tells what the rows were enjoying? In the fifth _turned up
as if watching the weather_ describes what? _As if watching the weather_
goes with what? The expression introduced by _as if_ is a shortened form.
Putting in some of the words omitted, we have _as if they were watching the
weather. They were watching the weather_, if standing by itself, would make
a complete sentence. You see that one sentence may be made a part of
another sentence. What does each of the two phrases _under their wings_ and
_buried in their bosoms_ describe? What connects these two phrases? In the
seventh sentence _were_ is understood before _cooing_ and before _bowing_.
How many predicate verbs do you find, each asserting something about the
pigeons represented by _others_? Why are these verbs not separated by
commas? What two nouns form the principal part of the phrase in the eighth
sentence? What connects these two nouns? Read the ninth sentence and put
the subject before the predicate. You may now explain _as if to snuff the
air_, remembering that a similar expression in the fifth sentence was
explained.
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