A short piece of broom-straw, hardly an inch long, is the neck. Cut this straw pointed at each end, push one end into the top of the body bean and the other end into the lower part of the head bean. Use one-half of the outer skin, that comes off the foot bean when you split it, for a hat. Being curved like a rose-petal, it fits the head very nicely, but a drop of paste on the little man's head will make it more secure.
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A Lima-Bean Pig
—a funny pig with fat sides and a turned-up snout ([Fig. 152]).
Look over all your bean-pods that still have beans in them, and select the one shaped most like [Fig. 153]. Do not take the beans out of the pod; they make the pig fat and solid. The stem end forms the snout and the head.
Fig.153 - Choose a bean-pod shaped like this for your pig.
Cut four broom-straws about one and a half inches long for the legs. Sharpen each of these straws at one end and push the pointed end into the lower part of the body, two on each side, in the places shown by small rings on [Fig. 153].