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REAL CAT'S-CRADLE
(5) Diamonds
Synonym: Soldier's Bed again (England); les carreaux (France).
"A" now takes the "Manger" from "B's" hands in the same way as "B" took the "Cradle" from his hands, but the thumb and index of each hand (holding between their tips the two crossed strings) are brought up around the corresponding
side string and down into the centre of the figure (Fig. 75o); then, when the hands are drawn apart and the thumbs and index fingers widely separated, he forms a figure exactly like the "Soldier's Bed" but it is held with the fingers pointing down- ward (Fig. 751).
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