Directions.—The school or classroom should be the 'house,' and a boy (representing the man who asks for water) should go outside. One child is required to answer the door, and another may carry the glass of water, or the same child may do both.
The 'man' comes and knocks at the door, which is opened by a little girl; he then says:
A drink of water, please, I pray,
You'll give me, madam, this hot day.
A child walks across the room with the glass of water, which should be carried on a plate or small tray, without spilling, and hands it to the man, who takes it, saying, 'Thank you.' When he has finished drinking, he returns the glass, and the child says 'Good-day,' and closes the door.
23. THE FOX AND THE TIGER
Directions.—The 'tiger' (a boy) hides in a 'forest,' which the children make by standing at irregular intervals and representing trees. Each child should name the tree it chooses, the following rhyme gives the names of a few common trees:
Beech and chestnut, birch and oak
Are the names of English trees,
Elm and willow, poplar, ash,
Soon you will remember these.
Fig. 3.—fox's den