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Fig. 100. plans for the high-low swing
Now get two pieces of good ³⁄₈ inch thick manila rope about 10 feet long; double each piece in the middle and pass one end through the hole in the front bar, thence through two holes in the side-strips and finally through the hole in the cross-bar of the seat and then knot it.
This done pass the other end through the holes in the cross-strips of the back, then through the holes in the cross-strips of the side and last of all through the cross-bars of the seat. Fix the other piece of rope the same way and swing is done, as shown at [D].
Fig. 100d. the swing ready to swing low, swing high
All you have to do now is to loop the top of the ropes over a couple of hooks screwed into the top of the door-case, put the little tot in and give him or her a swing.
How to Make a Stick Horse.
—This is a great improvement over riding a broomstick because it doesn’t take so much imagination to change it into a runaway horse.
Saw out of a board 5 inches square the head of a fiery steed as shown at [A in Fig. 101] and paint it a dapple-gray, with a mane on its neck to look like a real pony. Make a rein of webbing and then nail the head on a stick ³⁄₄ or 1 inch square and 3 feet long for the rider to straddle.