Attach the legs in the same manner; if you will now thrust a small stick through both the clown’s fists you can make him take all the positions of a trained circus-man, by twirling the horizontal stick between your fingers.
When the water-wheel sets the bar twirling, the donkey, ape, and clown go through their “stunts,” in a most laughable manner.
CHAPTER XVII.
GOOD GAMES WITH TOOTHPICKS AND MATCHES.
The genuine American lad needs no costly toys with which to amuse himself, for he has inherited from a long line of pioneer ancestors a sturdy self-reliance. When the inclemency of the weather, or some slight illness, confines him to his home, he can pass away the time with toys of his own construction.
Fig. 158.—Rainy Day Fun.
A Toy is a Plaything,
and a plaything is any old thing which chance throws in our way, with which to play.