c. Reading of the tale a form of creative reaction 127 2. The instinct of inquiry 127 a. Appeal of the folk-tale to this instinct 128 b. The instinct of inquiry united to the instinct of conversation, of construction, and of artistic expression, illustrated 128 3. The instinct of construction 129 a. Clay-modelling 129 b. Construction of objects 129 4. The instinct of artistic expression 130 a. Cutting of free silhouette pictures. Illustrated 130 b. Drawing and crayon-sketching. Illustrated 132 c. Painting. Illustrated 132 d. Song. Illustrated 133 e. Dance, rhythm plays. Illustrated 134 f. Game. Illustrated 135 g. Representation of the fairy tale. Illustrated by _The Steadfast Tin Soldier_ 135 h. Free play and dramatization 138 1) Virtues of dramatization 138 a) It develops voice 138 b) It gives grace of movement 138 c) It develops control and poise 138 d) It strengthens attention and power of visualization 138 e) It combines intellectual, emotional, artistic, and physical action 138 f) It impresses many pieces of literature effectively 138 g) It is the true Direct Moral Method and may establish a habit 143 2) Dangers of dramatization 139 a) Dramatization often is in very poor form 139 b) Dramatization may develop boldness in a child 141 c) Dramatization may spoil some literature 142 d) Dramatization has lacked sequence in tales used from year to year 142 i. Illustrations of creative return 144 1) _The Country Mouse and the City Mouse_ as expression in language, dramatization, drawing, and crayon-sketching 144