The Big Night Birds.
(Marching Plays for Nursery and Kindergarten.)
Mother recites or sings each verse; children sing tu-whit refrain. A pair of big disks to surround the eyes adds much to the pleasure of the “owls”, easily made of common crimped paper. A pair of tufts, to stand up like the feather “horns” of certain species, may also be worn.
1. Children march with mother behind pointing at them and singing.
2. Children stand, arms pressed close to side, eyes closed, shoulders drawn up, mother behind pointing.
Behold the round-eyed Owls!
The puffed-up feathery birds
That cry out in the night
And speak these two odd words:
Tu-whit, tu-whoo! tu-whit, tu-whoo!