How do you feel, as you read the second stanza?
I feel sorry for the boy because he is lame.

Any other reason for feeling sorry for him? He
is "thin", as though he had been sick a long
time.

In what way are he and his Grandma alike?
Neither of them can run or jump.

Do you feel more sorry for the Grandma or for
the little boy? I feel more sorry for the boy,
because he may never be able to run around, and
his Grandma could when she was young.

Describe the picture you see in the third
stanza. I see an old lady and a little boy
sitting "under the maple tree". The little boy
has a pair of crutches beside him. The
"sunlight" is shining through the leaves, and
it is a warm summer's day, or they would not be
sitting out. There is a house near them.

What game were they playing?
"Hide-and-Go-Seek."

Would you know it from looking at them? No,
because they are sitting still, and when we
play the game, we run around and hide.

How did they play it? They thought in turn of
some place to hide and imagined they were
hiding in it; they had three guesses to find
out the place.

Whose turn was it to hide? The old lady's,
because the boy is guessing where she is.

Where did he find her at last? In "Papa's big
bed-room", in "the clothes-press".

Is there anything else spoken about that was in
the bed-room? There was a "little cupboard".

Why does he mention the cupboard? He often
thinks of it. He likes it.

Why? His mother's "things used to be" in it.

Why does he say "used to be"? That tells us
that they are not there any longer.

Why? I think his mother is dead.

Who takes care of him now? His grandmother
lives with him and looks after him.

Why does the boy say "It can't be the little
cupboard"? They both think too much of it to
want to use it in connection with their play.

How did the boy enjoy the game? Very much,
because it says he laughed "with glee".

How did the Grandma enjoy it? She was glad to
see the boy happy.

Do old ladies usually like to play games? No,
they generally prefer to read or sew.