"You must each think of some child from Mother Goose land whom you would like to be.
"Then each one can come to the front of the room and play at being that little child.
"The rest of us will try to guess who the child is."
The children all thought that would be great fun, and for a few minutes it was so quiet they could almost hear the snow falling.
At the end of five minutes Miss Smith said, "Now it is time to begin. You may be on the first page in our book, Jack.
"You may use anything in the room you need to help you in acting your part."
Jack went into the hall. In a minute he pushed the door open a little way and looked in.
Then he came into the school-room. He had his books under his arm, and as he came in very slowly he looked at the clock.
"Oh, I know!" said John. "Hickory, dickory, dock."