I have caught you, come away,
Let us make a chain to-day.
The two then join hands and catch another, repeating the same words; then the three start off and catch another, and so on until all are caught.
The last child caught starts the game again, or the completed 'chain' may form a ring and play one of the ring games, Nos. 40, 41, 42.
50. MOTHER, MAY WE GO OUT TO PLAY?
One corner of the playground may be the 'house' in which the 'mother' sits. If the game is played by the children elsewhere, they will probably mark out the shape of the 'house' on the ground with stones or pebbles, a practice of which they are very fond. The children come to the 'house' where the 'mother' sits, and standing in front of her, ask:—
Children: Mother, may we go out and play?
Mother: Yes, good children, that you may.
The children then run away, and after a little while return to the mother; she asks:—
Mother: Where have you been?
Children: Away up the hill.
Mother: What have you seen?
Children: A house by a mill.
Mother: Who was there in it?
Children: A little, old man.
Mother: What said he to you?
Children: Catch me if you can.