Now if Jack seems to you to stand too still in his pulpit while he preaches all this, why you can make him move around. He can turn first to one side then to the other, and he can lean forward over the front with extended arms as some preachers do when they are very much in earnest.
For this you will first have to cut a hole at the back of the pulpit near the bottom, as is shown in [Fig. 7], then, slipping your knife inside, cut Jack loose from the flower and drop him out from the top by turning the pulpit upside down.
Cut off the lower, thin part of the spike to which the arrow points in [Fig. 8] and, after puncturing a deep hole in the end, push in a very slender twig or grass-stem. [Fig. 9] shows how this is done. For arms that will make Jack seem more like a little man, push a short piece of grass-stem through the spike near the top where you see it in [Fig. 9]. Make a hole all the way through the spike with a pin so that the arms will slip in easily.
| Fig.8 - The Spike. | Fig.9 - This is Jack. |
When you are ready for Jack to preach put him in his pulpit, sliding the grass-stem through the hole at the back. While you hold the stem of the pulpit in one hand take the grass-stem in the other and, by moving it up and down, twisting it one way, then the other, and tipping it up, you can make him rise up tall and straight, then sink down; you can make him turn to the right and to the left and lean forward. That is being active enough in such a small pulpit, isn't it?
CHAPTER III
RED AND WHITE CLOVERS
By the roadside, through the meadows, on the farm, at the cottage door, and in your own yard those dear, familiar little friends, the clover-blossoms, come to greet you. Even in city parks you may find them, and always they are ready and glad to help you have a good time. Gather a lot of these flowers and sit in the shade under a tree with your lap filled with them while I tell you how to make a