The Bird-Catcher
Translation details
Model:mistral-large-2512.Translated text
Section titled “Translated text”Number of players: 4—20. One is chosen as the buyer and another as the bird-catcher; the rest each receive from the bird-catcher the name of a bird, though the buyer must not be present for this. The birds line up in a row. The buyer approaches to select a bird, and the bird-catcher orders the birds to sing. After some time, the buyer says, for example: I wish for a sparrow. The bird-catcher calls: Fly, little sparrow, fly!—whereupon the one who is the sparrow runs away, and the buyer chases them. If during the chase the sparrow is in danger, the bird-catcher releases all the birds, who then try to hinder the chase. When the sparrow returns to the bird-catcher, the others also return. If the buyer catches the sparrow, the sparrow becomes the buyer, the buyer becomes a bird, and everyone receives the names of other birds. (Instead of birds, other animals may be imitated.)
Source scan: Śląska Digital Library, marked “public domain”. View PDF — page 140.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Stanisław Sedlaczek, Szkoła harcerza (1921)
- Printed pages: 139 / PDF 140
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 139
- Read the source text: shc-015