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Kite Time.
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is to place the diagram before you (Fig. 19) and go to work. Suppose you want your kite to measure two feet from tip of nose to end of tail, the spine or centre-stick must then, of course, be two feet long; make the leg-sticks each one and a half foot long, place the stick for the fore-legs at a point on the spine seven inches below the top, put the stick for the hind-legs

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Fig. 19.Frame of Turtle Kite.
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Fig. 20.The Turtle Kite.

eight inches below the fore-legs. Adjust the hoop so that it will extend four inches above the fore-leg stick and the same distance below the hind-leg stick. Let the diameter across the centre from side to side be about fifteen inches. Put the crosspieces on for the head and feet, run a thread over the bottom end of the spine for a tail, cover the whole with green tissue paper and kite is done (Fig. 20).

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