WHOLE VOL. ARAUCANIAN CHILD LIFE — HILGER 5 1 



these flowers for you; now we have to use paler ones." They had 

 drawn conventionaHzed daisyHke flowers. Children who drew houses 

 chose a variety of colors for parts of houses, such as walls, doors, 

 windows, and roofs. Smoke was colored brown by each one; water, 

 blue ; grass, green ; and the flag of Chile, red, blue, and white in the 

 proper places. Two little girls sat quiet for about five minutes, think- 

 ing, after the time for drawing had been announced. "I shall make a 

 house," said one. "And I shall make a flower," said the second. In 

 ID minutes a pencil sketch had been made of the flower; only one line 

 of the house had been drawn. "1 must get a ruler," said the first one ; 

 "I cannot make a pretty house without a ruler." 



Children everywhere enjoyed flowers, which were found in many 

 gardens. Near one ruka a 5 -year-old boy stuck three little flowers into 

 the sweater of his 2-year-old brother. Their older sister remarked: 

 "These two boys go into the garden every morning to pick flowers ; 

 they like flowers. So do I. I always have a little bouquet where I 

 work." A bouquet stood on a low table near her loom. 



When schoolchildren were asked what animals they recognized 

 because of their odor, the skunk and the pig were listed, the former 

 four times oftener than the latter. To the question, "Can you smell, 

 when you come home, that strangers have been there ?" all answered, 

 "No." Many noted that the smoke overcame all odors in the ruka. 



COURTESY, SHARING, OBEDIENCE 



Courtesy is taught to children in a positive way. A parent will see 

 to it that a child, no matter how young, shakes hands with everyone 

 who arrives at the ruka ; if the child happens not to be at home when 

 visitors arrive, it must do so when it comes home. It is pleasant to 

 see even a toddler going from one visitor to another and shaking hands. 



When elders speak, children either listen or are expected to be, 

 and usually are, busy in a quiet way at play or work. During an inter- 

 view a 7-year-old boy repeatedly asked his mother for something 

 which she was obviously refusing him ; conversation between them was 

 in whispers. When I suggested that the boy be given what he 

 wanted, the mother replied that what he wanted he was not to have. 

 She finally turned to him and said gently, but with determination, 

 "Learn to be a little man." Soon after that she diverted his interest by 

 sending him out of the ruka to quiet a barking dog. 



Qiildren are trained not to pass in front of persons. On occasions, 

 during interviews, when there was much space between speakers and 

 very little back of them, a child crawled low to pass behind persons. 



