Milford chronicle., 1940-09-06
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GAMES FOR YOUR AUTO TRIP
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Loie Brandon

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Loie Brandon
They had been on the road about
a couple of hours when Betty and
Billy began to show signs of rest
| lessness.
wish we'd stayed at home," Billy
remarked ominOusly.
WED be playin' games if we had
stayed at home" Betty answered,
following her twin brothers lead,
as usual.
The faces Of the other children Inn
mediately became gloomy.
Mother smiled and remarked
brightly, 1--WE been thinking!"
What" demanded Betty; and all
the children were at once wide awake
with interest. For when Mother said,
"I've been thinking" something nice
was sure to happen.
1--WE been thinking that games do
not have TO be played in any special
places" Mother continued I'VE can
play just as nice games right here
in the car as anywhere else, only
they will not be quite the same kind
OF games"
what kind of games will they be?
OF course we can't play running and
jumping games" Billy reasoned.
ooh, no." Mother laughed. But we
have a chance to think up some new
ones that we do not play at home.
Now take this one for instance" and
she opened her pocket book and
handed each of the children a Lin
coln-head penny. Now see who can
be the first to find the answers to
the questions l shall ask. While
Uncle Ned is driving. Daddy. you
act as scOrekeeper and judge for us.
please. Is everyone ready? All right!
Here is the first question: Can you
find the name of a sOng?"
America, answered Betty
promptly. We sing it N school"
"That is fine praised Mother,
now here is the next one" And
whole hour few by while they were
hunting the answers to the follow
ing:
A foreign fruit. ...... ....... Date
Something that grows on a stalk
OF corn .................. Ear
A small wild animal. Hare (hair)
A spring flower. i. +. Tulips 1.-TWO lips)
A Chinese beverage. -. Tea (TD
Something a potato has. Eye
A messenger. One sent Zone cent?
Where ships travel. ..... Sea &c
A famous statue. ........... Liberty
A number ......... One
A large cookie was the prize award
ed the winner OF this game. while
smaller cookies were 2iyen as boo
bic" prizes to the other players.
Color-color was the name Of the
next game played. The child max
ing the lowest score in the first
game was allowed to start the next.
He asked all the other players to
hide their eyes so that he could look
around and choose the colors Of
some object they could all see with
out moving from their seats.
Green and gold" he announced
promptly.
They all looked and looked but it
was several minutes before Sue no
ticed the gold ring with the green
stone that Mother was wearing. II
vas then Sues turn to choose the
colors of the next object to be guess
ed. AS honors were about evenly di-
vided in this game, no awards were
made.
When they stopped for lunch.
Daddy took square pieces Of paper
and made each of them pinwheel
which he fastened to short lengths
of cardboard. When they were again
on the road they could hold these in
the breeze and watch them spin.
In the afternoon they played the
game pack-up, Betty started the
game by saying. Il packed my trunk
and in 1t / put an artists album"
Billy was next and he SAID, Il pack !
ed my trunk and in it put an ar
lists album and bag Of beans" The
game progressed in this manner. |
each one putting in, according to al
Dhabetical order, the oddest things /
Of which he could think, and remem-
bering and repeating also, each /
time, everything that had gone into
the trunk before.
After this game. Mother handed
each one an apple and before they
ate them. each child guessed how
many seeds there would be in his
apple They saved each seed, and
then at the end each checked the
" hole number Of seeds found in his
apple with the number he had guess
ed.
AS the journey ended. all agreed it
had been a very short and pleasant
lay.