KID RHYMES
To offer money for something at an auction
Bid
This plaything consists of a pole with foot rests & a strong spring; you work it by bouncing up & down
pogo stick
To close one eye; it can be used as a signal, like to mean "I'm not really serious"
wink
This desert covers much of the African country of Mali
sahara
These one-eyed giants forged Zeus' thunderbolts
cyclopses
Fast mover of the deep with 10 arms
a squid
The 2 iron stakes on the pitching court of this game are 40 feet apart
horseshoes
People will understand your writing better if you put this, also called a full stop, at the end of each sentence
a period
It's the only country Portugal borders
spain
Daedalus built this maze that confined the Minotaur, but was later imprisoned in it himself
labyrinth
The cover of a jar
a lid
This version of jump rope requires 2 people twirling 2 ropes, one clockwise, one counter-clockwise
double dutch
Doing this with 2 fingers in your mouth is an old-fashioned but effective way to hail a taxi
whistle
From about 60 miles away, Mount Fuji towers over this capital city
tokyo
Only this one of the 3 Gorgons was mortal; Perseus killed her
Medusa
To slip sideways on a road
skid
Violations in this game include stepping onto an opponent's half of the pole & striking the rope instead of the ball
tether ball
He was only 15 when he developed his system of writing for the blind
braille
Cities in this country include Chennai & Mumbai, formerly Madras & Bombay
India
Poets gave this name to Amor, the winged boy god of love
Cupid
An arrangement of straight lines that cross each other to form squares
a grid
A standard croquet course may have 6 or 9 of these metal hoops
wickets
This 5-letter service that lets you video chat with faraway grandmas over the Internet is part of Microsoft
skype
The 224-mile-long Shannon River flows through this country
Ireland
She's Apollo's older twin sister
Artemis