kets. The other players are called the bungs, and stand at some
little distance to get a run for the leap. They will naturally select
their best leaper as the first of their line, as he may not move
forward after he has once landed on the backs, and it is desirable
that he should leave as much space behind him as possible for the
others to sit. None of the players may move forward after once landing
on the backs. If all of the bungs succeed in seating themselves
without any break occurring among the buckets, it counts one in favor
of the buckets. When such a breakdown occurs, the two parties change
places, the bungs taking the place of the buckets; otherwise the game
is repeated with the same bungs and buckets. The party wins which has
the highest score to its credit at the end.

[Illustration: BUYING A LOCK

_Reprinted from Dr. Isaac T. Headland's "The Chinese Boy and Girl," by
kind permission of Messrs. Fleming H. Revell & Co._
]

BUYING A LOCK

_5 to 30 or more players._

_Playground; schoolroom._

Oh, here we all go to buy us a lock;
What kind of a lock shall it be?
We'll buy a broom handle; if that will not do,
With a poker we'll try it alone.
But if neither the broom nor the poker will do,
We'll open it then with a stone.

This game is suitable for very little children. They stand in a long
line or rank side by side, holding hands. While repeating the verse,
one end of the line winds in under the raised arms of the last two
players at the opposite end, but instead of passing entirely through,
as in many other winding games, the player next to the last only turns
far enough to face in three quarters of a circle, or so that the
players will eventually, when all have so turned, be brought into
single file, one standing behind the other. In this position the arms
are dropped over the shoulder, so that the player's own left arm
crosses his chest with the clasped hands (his own left and his
neighbor's right) resting on his right shoulder. Each player should
clasp his neighbor's hands at the start, so that the palm of his own
left hand faces forward and the palm of his own right hand faces
backward.

When the whole line has been "locked" in this way, the players unwind
in reverse order, still repeating the verse.

When players are familiar with the winding and unwinding process, the
game may be played in circle formation instead of line formation; that
is, it will star