As the first direction is given Eva steps to the table and takes a yellow bow which is pinned to her left shoulder: the others follow as called upon.
THE LEAVES
Material.—A leaf of one of several colors pinned on each child. The wind calls:—
Come yellow leaf.
Come red leaf.
Come green leaves, etc.
Dance in the wind.
At the last direction the children fly over a small area, hither and thither; some one way, some another, passing and repassing one another, simulating the leaves in a storm.
A FLOCK OF BIRDS
All the children are little birds.
Fly to the fields.
Pick up seeds.
Take a drink.
Bathe in the creek.
Preen your feathers.
Fly home.
Perch on a twig.
Sing.
They sing:—