Crippling
The children rule a rectangle
on the cement and using parallel lines, they divide it into 4 parts, the
"stairs". The first three are equal to each other, but the last one is
about 3 times larger than the others, and it is called "king". The children
number the stairs and they "take it off" to determine the turn, in which
every child is going to play.
The child that plays first
takes a small flat stone, which is called the "team" and throw it to the
first "stair". Then, crippling with his left leg he/she jumps with the
right one from "stair" to "stair". When he/she reaches the "king" he/she
can rest or turn, trying not to put down the curved leg. Then he/she makes
the same road backwards crippling, and when he/she reaches the "stair"
where the stone is, he/she hits it with the edge of his/her shoe, throwing
it out, he/she jumps and steps on it. The same should he/she does with
the rest "stairs".
The child who is playing,
must not put down his/her "clippled" leg, step with his/her "good" leg
some line or throw the "team" on a line. If he/she makes a mistake, he/she
looses his/her turn and the next child plays. If he/she finishes with all
the "stairs" without making any mistake, he/she makes a "rubo". The child
who collects three “rubus” is the winner of the game.
Nikos Kontoyannis,
Christos
Vottis
14th Gymnasium of Peristeri,
Athens, Greece <[email protected]>
Teachers: Maria Koutsouba
and Dimos Fiotakis
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