Two persons go out of the room, and after agreeing together as to what
they shall represent, they come back again, and sit side by side in
front of the company. One of the two takes the part of some well-known
person, and the other represents an object which is closely connected
with that person; for instance, say one represents the governor,
and the other the mayor. When the two return to the room, the other
players take it in turns to ask each of them a question, to which
both the man and the object must reply either "Yes" or "No," until the
right person and the right object have been guessed.

The first player will perhaps ask the "man:" "Are you alive?"

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The man will reply, "Yes;" then the object is asked: "Are you of
wood?" "No." The second player next questions him, and then the third,
and so on until every one has had a turn at questioning, or the person
and the object have been guessed.

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THE JOLLY MILLER

The players decide among themselves which one of their number shall
act the part of the Jolly Miller. This being done, each little boy
chooses a little girl as partner; the Jolly Miller having taken his
stand in the middle of the room, they all commence to walk arm-in-arm
round him, singing the following lines:

There was a jolly miller who lived by himself;