"Begin with that," advised Miss Hart. "Find some more of a face to go with it."
"Oh, yes; here's a nose and lips! Why, it just fits in!"
Soon the two children were absorbed in the fascinating work. It was a novelty, and it happened to appeal to both of them.
"Don't look at each other's picture," warned Miss Hart, "and then, when both are done, you can exchange and do each other's. It's no fun if you see the picture before you try to make it."
"Some pieces of mine must be missing," declared Marjorie; "there's no piece at all to go into this long, narrow curving space."
Miss Hart smiled, for she had had experience in this pastime.
"Everybody thinks pieces are lost at some stage of the work," she said; "never mind that space, Marjorie, keep on with the other parts."
"Oh!" cried Delight. "I can see part of the picture now! It's going to be a—"
"Don't tell!" interrupted Miss Hart; "after you've each done both of them, you can look at the finished pictures together. But now, keep it secret what the pictures are about."
So the work went on, and now and then a chuckle of pleasure or an exclamation of impatience would tell of the varying fortunes of the workers.