Every boy tries to tear down every
other boy's kite. This is done by pulling the strings across one
another. Sometimes the sky is full of beautiful kites, which jump and
dash about as if they were alive.
The boys also have fine, large pinwheels. They make these pinwheels
whirl around in the wind. The boys also spin tops, and they play
"seesaw," and jump the rope.
The boys in Korea are fond of fishing. Nearly every boy has a fishing
rod and goes fishing whenever he can. Sometimes the boys have great
fun going around dressed like their fathers. They wear wooden swords
and little bows and arrows like soldiers. They make straw figures of
men, and with their swords they strike off the heads of these straw men.
But the boys have to work as well as play. Many of the peddlers in
Korea are boys. They sell candy and other things. The girls do a
great deal of work at home. The first thing they learn to do is to sew.
Would you like to know how the women iron their clothes? They wrap
each piece around a stick and lay it on the floor. Then they sit down
and beat the piece on the stick with wooden clubs. In this way they
make the clothes as smooth as a Chinaman makes the linen which he irons.
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