and yet they had plenty besides. The year after however, the crop failed. At first they ate turnips but they lasted only a short time. Owing to the want of food they both got fever and died on the same night.
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Many games of different kinds are played outdoors in the fine long Summer evenings. The ones most commonly played around here are The Four-Cornered Fool; Hide and Seek; Pitch and Toss; A Hunt; High Gates; France; Donkey; Hide the Button. These are some of the games that are played indoors in the dreary Winter nights. Blindman's Buff; Belt; Long Steps and many other games also. Some of those games are very interesting and now
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