There are only twelve hour marks on the clock, but if there are more
than twelve players, the extras can be given by half hours, like half-
past one.

Now, under one of the hour or duplicate numbers, mark a cross like X.
No one but the marker knows the numbers. Each boy, as he draws, looks
at his own number, but he must keep it a secret. The numbers must be
drawn from a hat, without looking. The undrawn paper belongs to the
marker, and he is the boy who holds the hat.

The boy who has drawn the paper marked with the X is "it," and so is
regarded as the wolf. He goes off some distance, while the huddled
"sheep," as the other players are called, decide what time of day they
shall each represent.

When all is ready the wolf calls out in chilling, hungry voice:

"I eat no meat but woolly sheep,
My appetite is good; I thirst,
I think, their blood to drink,
If caught within my wood!"

On hearing this, the sheep set up cries of fear and run to form a
circle about the wolf. If the ring is not complete before he gets
through the rhyme, he is free to seize any boy who is not holding the
hands, on either side, of two other boys.

If the ring is formed and no sheep captured, the sheep circle about
the wolf, chanting this song: