The Wolf and the Goslings
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Section titled “Translated text”A game for rural and urban children, widespread in Poland; suitable for children’s gardens, elementary schools, and the lowest grades of secondary schools. (Alternative names: Goslings, Gosling, Wild Geese, Little Wolf, The Gander and the Fox, The Raven). Children form a wedge (see 56) under the leadership of the “gander” (or “mother”). To the side, the “wolf” pretends to dig a little hole in the ground. A conversation unfolds between the wolf and the gander: — What is this little hole for? — For a little fire. — And this little fire? — For heating water. — And this water? — For washing little plates. — And these little plates? — For cutting up goslings. — And where are they? — Behind your belt. — Here, the wolf lunges at the wedge of geese and tries to snatch the last one, while the gander defends it with sudden turns of the wedge. The game continues until the wolf catches all the goslings. In the next round, the gander becomes the wolf and vice versa. In some regions, the game concludes with the following scene: The captured goslings pretend the wolf has lamed them, that is, they hop on one leg around the field. The “mother” scolds the wolf: — Why, wolf, did you spoil the geese, lame the flock? — (The wolf replies) — Why did you eat a barn of oats, a barn of millet, and drink a pond of water? — I will repay you for the damage; you geese, mend yourselves. — Then the wolf taps the goslings on the legs with a switch, “so they will not limp.”
Source of scan: Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library, marked “Public Domain”. View PDF — page 114.
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Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Eugeniusz Piasecki, Zabawy i gry ruchowe dzieci i młodzieży (1922)
- Printed pages: 109–110 / PDF 114–115
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 109
- Read the source text: zgr-070