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The elephant's gait is slow and steady, You see his trunk is always ready.

The friendly cow is often seen, On this night of Hallowe'en.

The tiger is often in a rage, You'd better put him in a cage.

You may come from shores remote, But you don't want to be the goat.

Pass out cards with the questions and give guest a certain time to complete; those who have correct lists are presented with bags of peanuts.

The first part of this nut you drink, Stop a minute, better think--Cocoanut.

Humpty Dumpty had a fall, He sat so high on a big stone--Walnut.

If you name a color found in eyes, The answer brings you a surprise--Hazelnut.

You like to spread it thick on bread, You drop it on that side it's said--Butternut.

On all the mighty oak trees grow A nut whose name you surely know--Acorn.

Other little jingles can readily be made up like the above, naming such nuts as peanut, pecan, philbert, etc.

Hallowe'en Stunts

A Shadow Play for Hallowe'en

A person standing out of view, recites the following verses as pictures appear. The pictures may be cut from dark tag board and lowered from above or shifted in from the side, or real people may pose back of the sheet if desired. To make a screen, have a sheet stretched between a doorway, back of which a bright light is placed. Have the other room dark, in which the audience is assembled. The performers in posing between the light and the sheet make the shadows.

Suppose at night, on Hallowe'en, The Witch appears upon the screen-- Tell me, would anybody scream?

Suppose the Owl, who's very wise, Should wink and blink his great round eyes, Would he take you by surprise?

Suppose the Cat grew larger by half; I wonder would it make you laugh, So you would lean upon a staff?

Suppose Jack-o'-Lantern spoke to you, And in accents crisp and new, Said, "Ho, ho, ho, I've come for you!"

Suppose the Brownie's beckoning hand, Lured you out to Fairyland, His language would you understand?

A Ghost you see, scary as can be, He eats superstitions regularly, He's looking for you, looking for me.

Throw the apple paring round, Gently three times, on the ground, My lover's initials I have found.

Mirror, mirror, tell me true, On Hallowe'en what can I do, If you reflect a face that's new?

Oh, fortune cake, make no mistake, Before the party is over; Of your sweetness, I'll partake, My true love to discover.

On this palm-leaf fan, I see A maiden smiling merrily, On Hallowe'en she smiles at me.

Druid of the long ago, Leaning on your staff you go. Will your fire burn a year or so?

Ho, ho, little boy, run, oh, run! Ho, ho, on Hallowe'en have your fun. Ho, ho, ho, ho, our play is done.

The Black Cat Stunt

A student in cap and gown, stands across from a table where a very quiet, gentle cat is held still by a child. Children in a row at the back of stage hold up books, as though studying. The student recites:

THE STUFFED CAT

Who stuffed that cat? No one spoke in school, For 'twas study time and against the rule. The children in their seats might stare, The visitor, little did he care. What a very ridiculous nose! What an exceedingly awkward pose! Such extremely pointed ears Have never belonged to a cat, my dears. And those big, round, shining eyes Never belonged to a cat that size! If a real cat on the table sat, He'd be inclined to laugh at that! Who stuffed that cat? Was it a clown? Who always jokes in striped gown? Tho' I'm not old or very wise, For a cat you've made an odd disguise. When anything you want to do, It's well to learn the thing, 'tis true; Excuse me, if I laugh at that, Your very funny, old STUFFED CAT!

A Pumpkin Climbing Game

The children are shown a room with half a dozen pumpkins on the floor. They practice walking about, stepping over them. One is blindfolded. The pumpkins are quickly removed and the rest laugh at his efforts to step over them. Apples or candles in candlesticks may be used, instead of pumpkins. This game makes much laughter.

Exercises

A Hallowe'en Acrostic

A witch comes on the stage with a basket full of letters to spell the word "Hallowe'en." She pins one on each child, and they dance about and stand in groups; as she calls for the letters, one by one they arrange themselves in a line, come forward, hold up letter and recite.

ALL:

s s'?taient nomm?s des chefs. Eh! l?, l?, o? vas-tu?

La fugitive ne r?pondit point et continua de courir.

--En joue! dit le chef, c'est un homme d?guis?, un aristocrate qui se sauve!

Et le bruit de deux ou trois fusils retombant irr?guli?rement sur des mains un peu trop vacillantes pour ?tre bien s?res, annon?a ? la pauvre femme le mouvement fatal qui s'ex?cutait.

--Non, non! s'?cria-t-elle en s'arr?tant court et en revenant sur ses pas; non, citoyen, tu te trompes; je ne suis pas un homme.

--Alors, avance ? l'ordre, dit le chef, et r?ponds cat?goriquement. O? vas-tu comme cela, charmante belle de nuit?

--Mais, citoyen, je ne vais nulle part.... Je rentre.

--Ah! tu rentres?

--Oui.

--C'est rentrer un peu tard pour une honn?te femme, citoyenne.

--Je viens de chez une parente qui est malade.

--Pauvre petite chatte, dit le chef en faisant de la main un geste devant lequel recula vivement la femme effray?e; et o? est notre carte?

--Ma carte? Comment cela, citoyen? Que veux-tu dire et que me demandes-tu l??

--N'as-tu pas lu le d?cret de la Commune?

--Non.

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