RING ON A STRING.


Slip a ring on a long piece of string having the ends knotted
together. The players stand in a circle and the string passes through
their closed hands. Each makes the motions of passing something.

The ring circulates from one to another, while a player in the middle
tries to find it. As soon as the ring is found, the person in whose
hands it was takes his place, and the ring is passed as before.



HUNT THE SLIPPER.


All the children except one sit on the floor in a circle, with their
knees raised. The one left out brings a slipper, and handing it to one
child says:

"Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe,
Get it done by quarter-past two."

He walks to the other side of the room and in a minute comes back and
asks if the shoe is done. In the meantime the slipper is being passed
from one to the other, under their knees.

The child who is asked if the slipper is done says she thinks her