The Neighbor
Translation details
Model:mistral-large-2512.Translated text
Section titled “Translated text”The instructor or patrol leader, acting as the game director, turns to their neighbor and says: »I like my neighbor,« then adds 1) why, 2) what they feed them, 3) to which city they send them, and 4) what they give them for the journey. These four terms, however, must all begin with the same letter, starting with the letter a, and each subsequent player must choose the next letter of the alphabet—so the second begins with b, the third with c, the fourth with d, and so on. For example, the first says: »I like my neighbor because they are not apathetic, I feed them pineapples, I send them to Antwerp, and I give them a watermelon for the journey.« The second says: »I like my neighbor because they do not meddle in others’ affairs, I feed them bigos, I send them to Brest, and I give them a peach for the journey.« Anyone who cannot immediately find a suitable word for the above questions or makes a mistake in the order of answers must pay a forfeit as a penalty.
Source scan: Polona / National Library, marked as “Public Domain”. View scan — page 77.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Herman A. Mojmir, Ćwiczenia i zabawy skautowe (1912)
- Printed pages: 65
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 65
- Read the source text: ciz-079