Frogs and the Stork
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Section titled “Translated text”A game described by Gołębiowski—also played by children in the Przemyśl region (Little Poland); suitable for children’s gardens and elementary schools. »The players divide into two sides, one of storks, the other of frogs, each taking their name; a finish line is marked on each side. The frogs almost reach the storks’ finish line, with two of the bravest frogs stepping slightly forward. A conversation begins between them, mimicking the frogs’ calls: — Hi, hy, kruin, krum! — Hi, hy, krum, krum! — Little wife! What? — Do you have a husband? — I do not. — Where did you put him? — The Lord took him. — What Lord? — Lord Stork. — At these words, the lurking storks cry: Radi, radi! and rush at the poor frogs, but they may only chase them on one leg. The game continues until the storks catch all the frogs, or the frogs catch the storks, for if a stork crosses the finish line, it becomes the frogs’ property.”
Source scan: Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library, marked “Public Domain”. View PDF — page 131.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Eugeniusz Piasecki, Zabawy i gry ruchowe dzieci i młodzieży (1922)
- Printed pages: 126–127 / PDF 131–132
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 126
- Read the source text: zgr-083