. The Kindergarten magazine. ging for it. The other day a littlefellow sat in the sand and succeeded in covering his fat littlelegs until the smoothly patted pile of sand rose nearly to hischin. Then came his sister to him with a piece of breadand a small sausage, but he would not disturb the beautifulmound above his legs. Why, indeed, should he? He sat andate, sausage in one hand, bread in the other, and taking al-ternate bites, surveyed his leg-covering with great satisfac-tion, and happiness sat with him. Once a wail arose. We all rushed to the rescue. Abareheaded boy of three years was wee
. The Kindergarten magazine. ging for it. The other day a littlefellow sat in the sand and succeeded in covering his fat littlelegs until the smoothly patted pile of sand rose nearly to hischin. Then came his sister to him with a piece of breadand a small sausage, but he would not disturb the beautifulmound above his legs. Why, indeed, should he? He sat andate, sausage in one hand, bread in the other, and taking al-ternate bites, surveyed his leg-covering with great satisfac-tion, and happiness sat with him. Once a wail arose. We all rushed to the rescue. Abareheaded boy of three years was weeping near the Fly- A CHICAGO PLAYGROUND. 143 ing Dutchman, Did he want a ride? Denial by increasedwail. Would he swing? Head shakes give still more em-phatic denial. Will he come and play in the sand? Vio-lent negation by the whole body. Information in brokenPolish and German that his head is broken is refuted on?our part by a hasty examination of this round and thicklythatched member. Suddenly a boy comes running from the. IN THE SWINGS. sand heap with a hat. He holds the brim in one hand, thecrown in the other, and explains that it belongs to thissmall weeper, and that it will no longer carry sand. Evi-dently we have now probed the trouble. The wails ceaseand the small foreigner looks on with deep interest whilehis property is under discussion. Perhaps this hat can bemended. The policeman dispatches a child to the nearestneighbors for needle and thread, and the Foolish Woman at-tempts to reunite the dismembered hat. Its small ownerseats himself in the sand pile where he can pursue his call- 144 KINDERGARTEN MAGAZINE. ing and still keep his suspicious eyes on his his hat was proffered him after being restored to itsformer adhesiveness, he received it with great distrust. Heexamined the stitches with minute care, held it by its brim,and thrust his little fist suddenly into the crown; but asthe two pieces held together he seemed relieved, and put iton his head, m
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