The two children named then come out, and joining hands with the line between them, try to pull each other over the line. If the child from first line succeeds, then both children join that line, or vice versâ, and the game begins again.
48. HOPPING GAME
Squares are chalked on the ground, thus:—
and a stone or pebble is put at the place marked ×.
The object of the game is to pass the pebble into each square with one foot only, following the numbers in order. The child who is to begin the game stands near the pebble, while the children say:—
Here is a game for you, hippity, hop,
Into the next place you make the stone pop.
The child then sends the stone into No. 1 square (hopping on one foot), from that into Nos. 2, 3, 4 and so on. If the stone be sent outside the square into which it should go, the player is out, and another begins. The child who first gets the pebble into No. 10 square, having passed it into each of the others successively, keeping on one foot all the time, wins the game.
49. MAKING A CHAIN
The game is started by one child who catches another and says:—