The Stick
"Tsiliki" is played by two or
more children. You need two sticks, one about 60-70 cm long called tsilika
and a shorter one, 10-20 cm long called tsiliki, which is sharpened on
both ends like a pencil.
The children aim at it with
stones and whoever approaches it more, starts the game. He/she puts the
"tsiliki" parallel to a small hollow dug in the ground. Then, he/she stands
facing the other children and throws the "tsiliki" with the "tsilika" as
far as he can, paying attention so that the other children don't catch
it. If one of the children catches the "tsiliki", then he/she will throw
it next, while the child who had thrown it first joins the group. If noone
catches it, one of the children of the group aims with the "tsiliki" at
the "tsilika", which has already been placed parallel to the hollow dug
in the ground.
In case he/she is successful,
this child takes the place of the child who threw first. If he/she is not,
the first player puts the "tsiliki" next to the hollow, hits it on the
one end with the "tsilika' and it takes off. After this, if the player
hits it hard once, then he measures the distance from the point it stood
to the point it fell using the "tsilika" as a measuring unit.
The number he/she finds represents
his/her points. In addition to this, if, before hitting his/her "tsiliki"
to send it far, he/she hits it twice, then he/she uses the "tsiliki" and
not the "tsilika" as a measuring unit. If he/she hits the "tsiliki" three
times, then the points are estimated by doubling the number of measuring
units he/she has found using his/her tsiliki.
Akis Aggelis
Teachers: Irini Papanikolaou-Karambalis
and P. Vlontaki
Psyhico College Elementary
School, Athens, Greece <[email protected]>
Special Thanks to: Anastasia
Tsihla and Alexandra Papazoglou (Greece)
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