30 Domestic Animals 



A willing servant, and an earnest friend, 



Faithful to death." Mrs. Sigourney. 



The little people originated a few games which 

 they found entertaining. One was this, to be played 

 at recess: 



Choose two boys for shepherd dogs, and two more 

 for shepherds, and divide the remaining children into 

 two flocks of sheep. Then the two flocks run to- 

 gether, the game being to see if each dog can re- 

 member and separate his own sheep, driving them 

 to the pasture where his shepherd waits. 



Another is to be played in the school-room. 

 Choose a boy for a watch dog. He must go to 

 sleep with his back to the door, the game being to 

 see if any child can steal in so softly that the dog 

 will not know it. 



Of course they played they were St. Bernards and 

 found men lost in the snow, some able to be guided 

 to the monastery, and some so weak that they re- 

 quired help. The sharp barks, however, always 

 brought the monks to the rescue. 



Songs telling about dogs did not seem to be very 

 plentiful, but this one found in an old Music Reader, 

 was used as a duet. 



