I. The Game of Nuts
Tull. Let us play at nuts, at throwing them in holes.
Lent. I have only a few nuts and those squashed and smelly.
Sci. Well then, we will play with the shells of nuts.
Tull. But what good would they be to me even if I were to win twenty? There would be no kernels in the nuts for me to eat.
Sci. Why, I don’t eat when I am playing. If I want to eat, I go to the mater. Nut-shells are good for making little houses to put ants into.
II. The Game of Odd and Even
Lent. Let us play odd and even with little pins (lit. small pins for a head-dress—acicula).
Tull. Let’s have dice instead.
Sci. Fetch them, Lentulus.