[Fig. 151] is the Little Crooked Man who ran a crooked mile.
[Fig. 152] is Little Miss Muffet, who is so terribly afraid of the spider.
[Fig. 153] is Peter White, who follows his nose wherever he goes.
[Fig. 154] is Doctor Foster, who went to Gloster in a shower of rain, and he is stepping very high to avoid falling into the puddle we have all heard about.
The little twig people do not look quite as real when separated from the tree as when you see them dancing in the breeze, so it is necessary to help out their appearance with paper heads and hands and feet.
Use care in selecting your twigs, for they are not all alike. Some are quite choice and unique, others more commonplace and less amusing. Suitable ones may be found in plenty.
| Fig. 136—The black bands on the twigs show where they should be trimmed off. | Fig. 137—Fastening the twig. |
When a small branch is broken from a tree or bush, you will find that some of the twigs attached look like queer, crooked, little legs, and some, just the right distance above, seem made for arms. Then comes the long neck that is joined, perhaps, to the still larger branch or to the trunk of the tree. Sometimes there are several arms and several legs too many and you must look closely and decide which are the real ones; then cut off the others.
You will know the real