QUESTIONS FOR LITTLE BOYS. How many fingers have you got, little boy? And what is this? Thumb. Four fingers and thumb, that makes five. And how many on the other hand? There are five too. What is this? This is the right hand. And this? This is the left hand. And how many toes have you got? Let us count. Five and five make ten: ten fingers and ten toes. How many legs have you? Here is one, and here is another. How many legs has a horse? A horse has four legs. And how many has a dog? Charles has two legs. Four; and a cow has four; and a sheep has four; and puss has four legs. And how many legs have the chickens? Go and look. The chickens have only two legs. And the linnets, and the robins, and all the birds have only two legs. But I will tell you what birds have got; they have got wings to fly with, and they fly very high in the air. |