After the Night Dew
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Section titled “Translated text”On a quiet, clear evening, a scout patrol gathers on a small hill. Each scout, in complete silence, strains their ears to catch all the rustles and sounds coming from every direction and to determine their origin. There are many and varied: the call of a bird or the bark of a dog, the footsteps of a person, the rumble of a cart, the rustling of trees, the whisper of falling leaves, the splash of a stream, the sound of conversation, and so on. Everyone listens intently. Suddenly, the name of one of the scouts is called softly. The scout responds with two words and points in the direction from which the sound comes. The others remain silent if they agree with his opinion; otherwise, they correct the mistake as briefly as possible. Soon, another name is called, and so on.
The patrol is now deeply engaged in listening, so two scouts step away, stand at a distance of several dozen (later several hundred) paces, and signal with a whistle that they are ready. Soon, a sound produced by them reaches the group (e.g., a stone falling to the ground, a branch rubbing against a trunk, a stick breaking over a knee, a cough, a hiss, a creak, water being poured onto the ground, footsteps, crawling, etc.). Each scout catches the sound and notes its probable cause on a piece of paper. These sounds occur at intervals of 1–2 minutes, in an order predetermined by the patrol leader. The patrol leader and the scouts in the field have a list of these sounds. Since other, unplanned sounds from the surroundings may intermingle, the patrol leader, after each produced sound, alerts the scouts with the word «attention».
After the exercise, it is checked who made the fewest mistakes. The exercise will be all the more engaging the more tools are prepared for producing sounds and the greater the variety of those sounds.
It is also possible to try listening by pressing an ear to the ground (on calm, dry days).
Source scan: Polona / National Library of Poland, marked “Public Domain”. View scan — PDF pages 135–136.
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Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Zygmunt Wyrobek, Harcerz w polu: zabawy i gry terenowe (1946)
- Printed pages: 129–130 / PDF 135–136
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 129
- Read the source text: hwp-058