But they can coax their ducks with their feet, up to the dead line, not beyond, then watch for a chance to dodge back to the firing line, where they are safe at all times.
If the duck is knocked off by anyone in fair firing, the keeper is powerless till he has replaced it. Meantime, most of the players have secured their ducks and got back safely to the firing line.
Road-side Cribbage
This is a game we often play in the train, to pass the time pleasantly.
Sometimes one party takes the right side of the road, with the windows there, and the other the left. Sometimes all players sit on the same side.
The game is, whoever is first to see certain things agreed on scores so many points.
Thus:
| A crow or a cow counts | 1 |
| A cat | 2 |
| A hawk | 3 |
| An owl | 4 |
| A sheep | 5 |
| A goat | 6 |
| A horse | 7 |
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The winner is the one who first gets twenty-five or fifty points, as agreed.