Take your pencil and write upon the top of your paper the words,
"Birds, Beasts, and Fishes." Then tell your companion that you are
going to think of, for instance, an animal. Put down the first and
last letters of the name, filling in with crosses the letters that
have been omitted. For example, write down on the paper C*******e.
Your companion would have to think of all the animals' names that he
could remember which contained nine letters, and commenced with the
letter C and ended with "e." If the second player after guessing
several times "gives it up," the first player would tell him that the
animal thought of was "Crocodile," and would then think of another
Bird, Beast, or Fish, and write it down in a similar manner. If,
however, the name of the animal be guessed, then it would be the
second player's turn to take the paper and pencil.
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