HOW ANIMALS PLAY 239 



the garden hose, unless it was the game of tag on 

 the lawn, which followed with its young master 

 and the house dog. 



WHEN THE PIG WAS 



"It," she would tag the boy by using 

 her snout to trip him, and tag the dog by 

 giving it a toss into the air. Then with "guogh!" 

 away the hog would scamper, with the others in 

 hot pursuit. 



Not the lamb which Mary loved, but a big horn 

 lamb from the Rocky Mountains, owned by a 

 Western gentleman, was wont to climb to the top 

 of the tallest pieces of furniture in the house, from 

 which it would playfully leap to the floor, where 

 it landed stiff legged and with feet close together. 



A ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT KID 



I once met would climb to my shoulders and jump 

 to the ground, and for variety's sake would butt 

 me with its little, white, woolly head. I could de- 

 tect no difference in its play from that of the kid 

 of a domestic goat. 



"All work and no play" makes a Jack rabbit as 

 dull as it does a Jack boy; but it is interesting to 

 note that all animals seem to use their play as kin- 

 dergarten schooling for the more serious pursuits 

 of their maturer years. The puppy engages in a 

 mimic chase, the kitten stalks imaginary mice, and 

 so the -idea of play developing the faculties runs 

 through all the animal world. 



