This is a game for young children. Some small article is hidden in the
room, while the little one who has to find it is sent outside. This
finished, the players call out together: "Hot Boiled Beans and Bacon;
it's hidden and can be taken." The little one enters and begins
to hunt about for the hidden article. When she comes near to its
hiding-place, the company tell her that she is getting "hot"; or, if
she is not near it, she is told that she is "cold." That she is "very
hot" or "very cold," will denote that she is very near of very far
away from the object that is hidden; while if she is extremely near,
she would be told that she was "burning." In this way the hidden
object can be found, and all the children can be interested in the
game by being allowed to call out whether the little one is "hot" or
"cold."
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"MY MASTER BIDS YOU DO AS I DO."
For all those children who are fond of a little exercise, no better
game than this can be chosen. When the chairs are placed in order
round the room, the first player commences by saying: "My master bids
you do as I do," at the same time working away with the right hand as
if hammering at his knees. The second player then asks: "What does he
bid me do?" in answer to which the first player says: "To work with
one as I do." The second player, working in the same manner, must turn
to his left-hand neighbor and carry on the same conversation, and so
on until every one is working away with the right hand.
The second time of going round, the order is to work with two, then
both hands must work; then with three, then both hands and one leg
must work; then with four, when both hands and both legs must work;
lastly with five, when both legs, both arms, and the head must be kept
going. Should any of the players fail in keeping in constant motion, a
forfeit may be claimed.
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