They may, if they choose, all work at different parts of the same trade, provided always that every one is a farmer, a cobbler, a tailor, or whatever trade they have chosen for the whole. Ingenious children can make this play very amusing. The best form of constructing a kite is the following. The tail, which should be from ten to fifteen times the length of the kite, is made by tying bobs on a string, with a large bob at the end of it. Kites are often made square, as they are easiest to construct of that form.
Boys frequently send up messengers, when their kite is safely balanced in the air.
The messenger is a round piece of paper or pasteboard, which on being fixed upon the string, is blown along the line up to the kite. This is a very lively and interesting game. Any number of children excepting seven, both boys and girls, seat themselves round a table, or in a circle. If the person whose turn it is to speak delays longer than while any one of the circle can moderately count five, she must pay a forfeit. Judge and Jury A circle is formed, at the head of which are placed three on elevated seats, called the judge and jury.