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… by going over or under these barriers. Should he escape, all of the other players give chase, the one catching him becoming bear.
The bear can exercise considerable stratagem by appearing to break through the bars in one place, and suddenly turning and crawling under another, etc.
Bang the Bear
One big boy is the bear, and has three bases in which he can take refuge and be safe. He carries a small balloon tied on his back.
The other boys are armed with clubs of straw, rope, or knotted hankies, with which they try to burst the balloon while he is outside a base. The bear has a similar club with which he knocks off the hunters’ hats.
If a hunter’s hat is knocked off, he is counted killed; but the bear’s balloon must be burst before he is killed — so he will learn to turn his face to the enemy and not his back.
Bait the Bear
The bear’s den is a circle scratched on the ground, and the bear moves about it on all fours. A rope is round his waist; and the other end of this rope is held by his keeper, who makes up his mind that he will shield his poor bear from all comers. To do this, he carries in his other hand a handkerchief with one of its corners tied in a knot.
“Ready!” cries the bear, as he crawls about in his den. At the word, the hunters come and baste him with their knotted handkerchiefs. He may do what he can to save himself, but he must not crawl out of the circle. The keeper tries to drive them off; and if he succeeds in hitting one of the baiters, the bear becomes the keeper, and the boy who is hit takes his place in the den.
Obstinate Mule
Players pair off by size throughout the whole group, but avoiding as far as possible any pairs in which both players belong to the same band. Pairs extend in a line along one side of the space. The front member of each pair (the mule) takes the “On the hands — down” position, but with ..text pokračuje
