School: Lusk (B.) (roll number 718)

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1. Bird-Lore (continued)

   

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   The wren builds her nest in a little stumpy bush, with moss and rotten ferns. She lays pale eggs with brown spots. The cuckoo does not build a nest. She lays her eggs on the ground and puts them in a small birds nest. When the eggs are hatched the young cuckoos push the other birds out and they get all the food.

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2. Games We Play

   

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   There are many different games we play, namely, tig, workmen, releivio, orange and lemons, hide and seek, four-corners.
   There are many kinds of tig, Chain-tig, tipping-tig, sitting-tig, sticky tig and others.
   To play workmen:- One boy stands out from the others he represents the employer. The other boys represent the workmen, they come to the employer and say "Here's two, three, or four " (or whatever number of workmen there is) looking for

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