of at least 20 holes
or hooks to be used in the test, i. e., which do not have the lace in
them when you begin. Allow 1 point for each hole or hook, i. e., 20
points, finish the lacing in 2 minutes, in any case stop when the 2
minutes is up; then take off 2 points for each one that is wrongly
laced, or not laced. Thus: Supposing 4 are wrong, take off 4 times 2
from 20, and your blindfold lacing number is 12; if the number wrong was
10 or more, your lacing number is 0; if you had 3 wrong, your number is
14.

Suppose by these three tests--coins, corn, and laces--you scored 40,
30, and 14; add these together and they give your _feel_ number; 84.

TALE 89

Quickness

Put down 12 potatoes (or other round things) in a row, each one exactly
6 feet from the last, and the last 12 feet from a box with a hole in it,
just large enough to take in one potato. Now at the word "go," run and
get the first potato, put it through the hole into the box; then get the
second, bring it to the box, and so on, one at each trip. After one
minute, stop. Now multiply the number of potatoes in the box by 10, and
you have your _quickness_ number. If you have 8 in the box, you score 80
points, you are as quick as a cat. Very few get over 80. No one so far
has made 100 points.

TALE 90

Guessing Length

Take two common nails, or other thin bits of metal, and lay them on a
table or board, at what you guess to be exactly one yard (36 inches)
apart. Then let the Guide lay the tape-line on it, and, allowing 20
points for exactly right, take off 1 point for each half inch you are
wrong, over or under. Do not count quarter inches, but go by the nearest
half-inch mark. Do this 5 times, add up the totals, that will give your
_guessing-length_ number.

Thus, if your first guess turns out to be 37 inches, that is, 2
half-inches too much, 2 from 20 gives 18 points. Your next guess was 34
inches, that is 4 half-inches too little, 4 from 20 gives 16 points.
Your next guess gave 12 points, your next 17, and your last 19. The
total, 18 plus 16 plus 12 plus 17 plus 19, equals your number of
_guessing length_ or 82.

TALE 91

Aim or Limb-control

Take 25 medium-sized potatoes, and set up a bucket or bag whose mouth is
round and exactly one foot across. Draw a line exactly 10 feet from the
bucket or bag. Toe that line, and throw the potatoes, one by one, into
the bag. Those that go in, then bounce out, are counted as in. Do it
four times, then a