THE SCULPTOR

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 744, 17 August 1929, Page 33

THE SCULPTOR

First of ail the “sculptor" is chosen by one of the “counting-out*' rhymes. He stands in the middle of the room while the . other players—-any number can play—walk about around him. talk, or laugh, dance or sit down; in fact, do exactly as you like. Suddenly, however the sculptor, who has been watching 1 , cries out: “Statues!" when ail the players must stand in exactly the attitude they were at the moment he calls, as if thev were turned to stone. Any statue that moves or smiles is disqualified, and has to pay a forfeit. Then he goes round and look* at each statue, without touching it. The best one he chooses as the sculptor. and he himself becomes a playei. HOW MANY CATS? This little sum sounds a good deal easier than it really is. 1 wonder if you will be clever enough to discover the right answer. There was a room with eight corners. A cat sat in each corner, seven cats before a cat, and a cat on even- cat’s tail. How tnanv cats were there in the room ? The answer is eight cats. They could each see seven cats before them and each one sat on its own tall!