On the Trail
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Section titled “Translated text”From a military depot (in the town), a granary (in the countryside), or a camp storehouse, food (flour, beans, etc.) was stolen during the night. It was carried away by cart or on the backs of thieves in sacks. Fortunately, without the thief’s knowledge, one of the sacks was torn, so the escape route is visible thanks to traces of flour or beans spilling out from time to time through the hole in the sack.
Variations in this game may and should include actions of the thief deduced from the traces, for example: a) leaning the sack (in reality, sprinkling flour) against a tree, fence, or trunk, b) the thief stumbling with the sack, c) leaving the path into the bushes—startled by someone, they hid.
A group or groups of young people follow the thief’s trail, interpret their actions, and finally catch them at their destination. Require an oral description of the route taken.
The messenger or instructor preparing the traces will have the opportunity to demonstrate creativity in arranging traces that reflect the thief’s various actions. Certain terrain features will assist them.
Flour should be carried in a linen sack. Beans can be placed in pockets.
A positive factor in such a game will be a convincing staging of the theft, so that the young people believe it really happened. Here is an example.
Source scan: Polona / National Library, marked “Public Domain”. View scan — image 118.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Jan Jasiński, Gry i ćwiczenia terenowe (Harce terenowe) (1938)
- Printed pages: 110–111
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 110
- Read the source text: gct-044