FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, 3 September 1908, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

Chickens and Hawks. — As many boys and girls as chose can play at this game at one time. One player is picked out to act as hen. Another of the same size and weight is selected to be tlv» hawk. The. player representing the hen puts a red handkerchief around his head, if he can get one, or in thf absence of such a thing he trusses his coat up behind with a piece of string to represent (he short, perky tail of a hen. The plnyer who represents the hawk covers his head with a blacl: or white handkerchief and swings his arms during the game lo represent the hawk's pinions. All the other players represent the chicks, and children of all ages may join. All the chicks get behind the h«n, cluckering just as chicks do in a barnyard, ' and all keep their eyes on the hawk. He must approach tho chicks to try to carry off one at a time. i. The hen must try to head, him off, whichever way he may come. The chicks must dodge the hawk in every possible way, but they must also try never to run from behind the shelter of the Ken. The hawk naturally tries to 'cut out' one of the chicks and_drive it away from the hen. Then tho hen, still trying to keep all the other chick's behind her, tries to save the fleeing' chick by interposing.- There is lots of chance here for clever tricks and swift play. The more nearly the players copy the actions of real hawks and chickens the more interesting . the game will be. _ . •