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Healthful Sports for Boys by Alfred Rochefort
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"Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! with the brown ear,
Tell us what hour you dine
On one of the sheep assembled here!"

The wolf selects his own hour. If he answers "One o'clock," the sheep
bearing that number darts out of the ring with the wolf after him. If
this sheep circles the ring three times without being caught, he is
safe and takes his old place. The same hour cannot be selected again
until all the others have been called.

When the wolf guesses the number corresponding to his own, he does not
have to pursue, for his double becomes the wolf, and he is changed
into a sheep.

After the game has gone on so far that the number of each is pretty
well known, the boys can change numbers without the knowledge of the
wolf, and this adds greatly to the sport.

BULL IN THE RING

Another variation of tag is popularly known as "Bull in the Ring." The
bull or "it" is a position to be sought after in this game. The bull
can be selected in any one of the ways I have suggested, or in any
other way that may be decided on.

When all is ready, the boys form a ring by joining hands, with the
bull penned in the center.

This done, the bull seizes a pair of the grasped hands, and asks:
"What is this lock made of?" One of the boys replies, "Steel." "Steel
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