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then it was so dark, he would put windows into it. [Here he
draws a small circle under each arm of the T, forming the eyes. |
Then to make it pretty, he would spread grass at the door.
[Here he scratches lines at the foot of the T, representing the
cat's whiskers.] Then away he went on his journey, but after a
little while, down he fell. [Here he draws down a line a little
way from the foot of the T.] But he soon climbed up again,
[Here he draws a zigzag horizontally from the foot of the last
line, and draws one up, forming with the last movement the first
foot of the cat.] Then he walks along again, but soon falls down
once more. [Here he draws a short horizontal line, and one
downwards.] He soon, however, got up again, as before, &c.
[The second leg is then formed, and by similar movements the
four legs of the cat appear.] After thus falling down four times,
Tommy determined to proceed more firmly, and climbing up, he
walks along [the back of the cat] another way round till he comes
to C. His journey is now accomplished, and an animal, called
by courtesy a cat, appears on the slate, “the admiration of all
beholders.”

CCCCLI.
THE OLD GAME OF HONEY-POTS.

ONE of the players must be selected to act the part of a Honey
Merchant, another to come as a Purchaser to the honey stores.
These two should be the tallest and strongest of the party.

The rest of the party represent pots of honey. They must
clasp their hands under their raised knees, sitting in a row on
the grass. Then the game proceeds thus:

The purchaser approaches the merchant and asks, “ Have you
any good honey for sale, friend ?”

Loney Merchant. Yes, ma’am [or sir], first-rate. This pot is
from Mount Hybla, the finest honey in the world; tastes of
thyme, I assure you. This one is from Sicily, quite as good as
any you would get at Fortnum and Mason’s. Taste and try
before you buy.