“Tom, have a game at trap-bat-and-ball.”—“I do not know how to play at it.”—“Well I will teach you, look at me; that is the way, now do it your-self. That is right, you will soon learn to do it fast.”—“Yes, it is not hard to learn: now let us go and have a race. One, two, three, and off!”

“Tom, you have won it.”—“Yes, I run bet-ter than you; and you play trap-bat-and-ball bet-ter than I do.”—“I am too hot to run any more, let us sit down and get cool.”—“I am to have a seat put near this tree, should you like one too?” “Yes, but I have no wood to make one.”—“Well, we will ask Dick to give you some wood; come now and ask him.”