A classroom may be used for the 'house' and another for the 'workshop,' or they may both be made by rings of children (see Frontispiece, and description of same on [p. 31]). Between the 'house' and the 'workshop' there should be a 'street' (see Game No. 12, [p. 24]). In the workshop there should be 'joiners' planing, hammering, sawing, &c. (a set of toy tools might be used for this), and in the 'house' a little girl should represent the 'mother.'
Two children come walking quickly down the 'street' towards the 'house,' saying:
Straight away from school we go,
To take our father's tea, you know.
They enter the 'house,' and the 'mother' gives a jug to one and a basket to the other, and says:
With care the jug of tea you'll hold,
And make good haste lest it get cold.
Children reply:
Oh yes, dear mother, all you say
We'll mind right well—and now, away.
They walk up the 'street' to the 'workshop,' and the 'father'—a joiner with sleeves rolled up—comes to the door.
Father
Ah! my children, here you come,
Children
Yes, we've brought your tea from home.
Father takes the jug and basket, saying: