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"Cat's cradle" Quotes from Famous Books

... be ashamed of being good-natured to those who are younger and weaker than yourself," said his uncle, smiling at seeing him produce his whip cord, to indulge his little cousin with a game at her favourite cat's cradle. "I shall not think you one bit less manly, because I see you playing at cat's cradle with a little child of ...

— The Parent's Assistant • Maria Edgeworth

... a doll, and they practised a little song which they had sung in school. It was about putting the dollies to sleep in a cat's cradle, and a little mouse came in and awakened them, and then they went out to gather flowers for ...

— Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus • Laura Lee Hope

... besides outdoor games of skill and strength, possess a variety of indoor amusements. One wet day, in a Dyak house, when a number of boys and young men were about me, I thought to amuse them with something new, and showed them how to make "cat's cradle" with a piece of string. Greatly to my surprise, they knew all about it, and more than I did; for, after Charles and I had gone through all the changes we could make, one of the boys took it off my hand, and made several new figures which quite puzzled ...

— The Malay Archipelago - Volume I. (of II.) • Alfred Russel Wallace

... out-of-doors work. The children dropped corn, and potatoes, and there was always weeding. There was so much spring work and fall work, and folks couldn't be comfortable if they saw a child playing 'cat's cradle.' They did think Satan was going about continually to catch up idle hands. Well maybe if I'd had children I'd 'a' ...

— A Little Girl in Old Boston • Amanda Millie Douglas