What did you play when you were a child?

[moonshine]

When I was a child,I remember, I liked getting close to the nature.I didn't want to stay at home for another second.I liked to play mud, although I knew clearly that it was dirty.I liked to pick the marvelous flowers in my grandfather's garden,then made them into "dishes".I liked to take an adventure.Actually,we just climbed hills a lot.But in a child's eyes,it was full of mysterious.We also liked to pretend to be an adult.We made up ourselves,behaved like a teacher ,an assistant ,something like that...It is so colorful!
What about your games in your childhood?Would you like to share it with me?

[Masayuki]

When I was child, I played outsides, like you, moonshine. When I was kid, many other children play TV games inside home. But I haraly ever do that.

[Snapdragon]

When I was a child I used to play outside with my friends on the playground and some kind of "running"-games (one team has to catch the other team, which is running away and hiding) in our village. That was really fun!
By doing this I became really fast and got good marks for it in phisical education

[MissLT]

Jumping rope, hopscotch, stop signs, shooting marbles, jumping off tables, fighting with boys, ringing neighbors' doorbells, controling other kids, etc.

[Snapdragon]

"stop signs?"

what so you mean by that?

[MissLT]

We drew a big circle and then divided it into small wedges. Each one of us chose a position to stand on our wedges. And we also chose a name for ours. Then we did the paper, scissors, rock to see who would lose. That person would have to stay back at the circle while everyone got to run away. After three counts, he got a chance to say stop. When everyone had stopped he could say out loud the name he wanted to pick. Other kids could walk away except that picked person. Then he'd tell how far the distance from him and that picked person by how many footsteps. If he got it right, the picked person would take his place. If he got it wrong, he would continue to do his job until he'd got it right.

[Hardi]

I liked outside too. I remember once when my older brothers dig on backyard and I tried to save dewworms from chickens who was there too. I picked them up and told to brothers that I pick them to chickens, and when pocket get full I pick them into mitten.. But then it was get raining and.. me commanded into inside and of course my mom found those worms and....

[MissLT]

And...??? Did she whip your a..?

[Hardi]

I don't remember well.. I was only something 4 years old. I think those worms was not stayed in pocket... they was creep everywhere inside of clothers and so.... I believe chickens got them all.. My brothers probably gave them to chickens. So much about my saving mission.

But I think it was probably a important event why else I still remember.. though Mostly I remember it was very strong rain/storm.. and maybe I remember it only because of that. it was very rainy day, thats also why my brothers was dig there, to keep water away from barn..

[MissLT]

The only thing I could remember about what I did during the rainny days of my childhood is taking a shower in the rain. Actually, the kids in my neighborhood did the same thing, too. We brought buckets and soap with us. Then we'd chase each other around trying to catch one another with soap on our bodies. It was fun.