A good game can be made out of the fact that there are
many articles in common use which are associated in our
minds in pairs. For instance, a hook and an eye go usually
together, and so do pen and ink, a brush and comb, a needle
and cotton, a cup and saucer, a knife and fork, a sheet of
notepaper and an envelope.
When a large number of such things have been collected
together they are wrapped in little parcels and every member
of the party is served out with one. On a given signal each
individual unwraps his package and immediately begins
to search for his particular partner-the hook looks for the
eye, the brush for the comb, and so on.
The game must,
of course, be explained to the players beforehand, and note
is taken of the first pair to report their success and the last
to pair off. It makes far more fun if one item of each pair
is wrapped in, say, red paper and the other item in white.