I would place my right hand down flat on my lap with the back of the hand uppermost, and say to you, "Lay your right hand out flat on top of mine;" then I would place my left hand over yours, and you would cover mine with your left hand. That would make four hands all piled up in a tower; but the moment your left hand came down on top of mine I would pull my right hand out from under the tower and lay it on top, covering your left hand; then you would hurry to take your right hand from under the pile and place it on top. So we would continue to play, always drawing the hand out from the bottom of the pile and placing it on top until we were able to build the tower very rapidly, and, when either of us took too long a time to draw her hand out from under the pile, a forfeit would have to be given to the other.
Fig. [476].—The famous five little pigs.
Ask your older sister or brother to trace the
Famous Five Little Pigs
(Figs. 477, 478, 479, 480, 481) on unruled white writing-paper and cut them out. The strip of paper extending from one side of each little pig must be made into a ring ([Fig. 482]) to fit the end of one of the five fingers on your right hand ([Fig. 476]). Begin with "This little pig went to market" ([Fig. 477]) for the thumb, next, "This little pig stayed at home" ([Fig. 478]) for the first finger, then "This little pig had roast beef" ([Fig. 479]) for the second finger, and "This little pig had none" ([Fig. 480]) for the third finger; to the little finger belongs ([Fig. 481]) "This little pig said wee, wee, all the way home." Adjust the bands until they fit perfectly, then paste the end of each band under the free side of the attached pig. If the bands are too long they can be cut to proper length. [Fig. 482] gives the wrong side of a pig with band curled around and pasted on back of pig, and [Fig. 476] shows how the Five Little Pigs will look when on your fingers. If you can give each little pig a flat wash of pink water-color paint, and when dry ink the outlines, they will appear more real. After you have played with the wee pigs, try
Fig. [477].—"This little pig went to market,"
