School: Dernakesh (B)

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   When the snow is on the ground I go down a hill in a slipe. When we get it to the top of the hill us all get into it and it goes down itself. Someone stays behind and guides it. When it goes into deep snow or on to the grass it will slow up. See-Saw is a game I play on wet days. I get a high box and leave a strong board across it. Someone sits on each end of the board and one weighs the other up to a height of about six feet.

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2. Games I Play

   

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   The way to play skittles is a crowd of boys gather on the road and there are five short sticks cut and three long ones for the purpose of playing the game. The short sticks are put standing on the road this way [?] The person throws the skittles up at short ones to see how many he can knock. Then another boy takes his shot and they play on to see who will get a hundred first.
   Another game which is commonly played in the winter time is skating. A number of boys gather together and they make a slide down a steep bray. They stand back a long distance from it and start taking races at it so that they

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