Cobwebs to catch flies

by Mrs. Lovechild

THE USEFUL PLAY.

First Girl. Let us lay words. Where is the box?

Second Girl. How do you play?

First Girl. I will show you. Here I give you c, e, u, h, q, and n; now place them so as to make a word.

Second Girl. It is quench!

First Girl. You are quick; now let us pick out some words for Charles. What shall we choose?

Second Girl.

Let us lay	thrust,	thresh,	branch,
ground, school,	thirst,	quince,	quail,
and dearth.

First Girl.

I will	lay	plague,	and	neigh,	and
nought,	and	naught,	and	weight,	and
glare,	and	freight,	and	heart,	and
grieve,	and	hearth,	and	bathe,	and
thread,	and	vaunt,	and	boast,	and
vault,	and	tongue,	and	grieve,	and
beard,	and	feast,	and	friend,	and
fraught,	and	peace,	and	bread,	and
grape,	and	breath,	or the verb		to
breathe,	and	thought,	and	grace,	and
mouse,	and	slave,	and	chide,	and
stake,	and	bought.