"He has a collar round his neck."
"How is he like a tree?"
"He is so very full of bark."
Gertrude then proposed trying another game she had seen played, which was called "Questions." She said it was generally done by using playing-cards, but as she knew Uncle and Aunt had an objection to having them in the house, she had prepared a set of blank cards for the purpose. There were duplicates of every one, and she had numbered them, 1, 2, 3, etc., in large characters: one set was placed in the centre of the table, around which they drew up, and the duplicates were shuffled and dealt to each in turn. When they were all supplied, one would draw a card from the table, asking some personal question; and all looking at their cards, the one who had the duplicate must throw it upon the table, and say, "It is I." It was found that the sillier and more impertinent the question, the more laughter it caused.
"Who comes down last to breakfast?" said Tom, drawing from the pack one marked 8.
"I do," replied Aunt Lucy, throwing down her corresponding 8.
"Who is the prettiest person present?" said Aunt Lucy, drawing out a 3.
"I am," said George, with a grin—being quite reconciled to the fact that he was decidedly the ugliest one of the party; at the same time mating his 3 with its companion on the table.
"Who loves mince-pie the best?" said Amy
"I do," replied Ellen, with a laugh.