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THE CHINESE BOY AND GIRL
"Forcing the city gates," he answered.
"Play it for me."
The boys at once appointed captains who chose sides, and they formed themselves into two lines facing each other, those of each line taking fast hold of each other's hands. The boys on one side then sang:
He stuck a feather in his hat,
And hurried to the town,
And children met him with a horse
For the gates were broken down.
Then one from the other side ran with all his force, throwing himself upon the hands of the boys who had sung, the object being to "break through," in which case he took the two whose hands had been parted to "his side," while if he failed to break through he had to remain
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