Many
of the boys and girls wear no shoes. The girls are very fond of
jewels. No matter how poor a family is, they try to buy some jewels
for their girls. So the girls in India always have jewelry to wear.
They have no Christmas in India. They have what they call the "Feast
of the Cakes." At the Feast of the Cakes they have three holidays.
Then they have cakes of all kinds.
The boys are very fond of swinging. They are also very fond of
swimming. In some places they have diving wells. The boys plunge from
a high bank down into the water below.
[Illustration: A Tiger.]
The rich people have very fine houses, with gardens and flowers and
fountains. There are carpets, cushions, and tables in the houses, but
no chairs. They sit on cushions on the floor.
The beds are very low, and the legs are often of silver or gold or
ivory. They have no sheets or pillow cases, but covers of velvet or
satin.
The people who are poor live in houses made of dried mud, with roofs of
bamboo poles and straw. They have hardly any furniture. They sleep on
mats made of palm leaves.
[Illustration: Cobras.]
In many of the houses they have no tables. They eat off of leaves on
the floor.
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