Mother Goose's Goose

and transferred it to a sheet of cardboard, you must collect a number of small feathers as much as possible like the shapes given in the page of diagrams. Perhaps you can get those plucked from the chicken for to-day's dinner, or you may be allowed to take a few from mother's feather pillows or cushions. If you do not find feathers of just the right shapes take a pair of sharp scissors and trim them down to suit.

Fig. [391].—Tail feather.

Fig. [392].—How to pasteon the tail feathers.

Fig. [393].—Body feather.

Fig. [394].—How to paste on the body feathers.

Fig. [395].—Wing feather.

Fig. [396].—Wingfeather.

Fig. [397].—How to paste on the wing feathers.

Fig. [398].—Neck andbreast feather.

How to put the feathers on Mother Goose's goose.

Mother Goose's goose.

Select three feathers for the tail like the tail feather [Fig. 391], and fit them in place on the goose to see just where they are to go; then take them off, cover the tail with glue and carefully put the feathers back in place, pressing them down until they stick fast ([Fig. 392]). Find body feathers like [Fig. 393] and, beginning near the tail, cover part of the body with glue, then stick the feathers on, overlapping them as in [Fig. 394]. The under part of the body must be entirely covered with these feathers, but before going on to the breast and neck the wing must be attended to.