Farmer Is Coming The

Source: Games For The Playground, Home, School And Gymnasium
Category: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVE GAMES



_10 to 30 or more players._

_Playground; gymnasium._

One player, chosen to be the farmer, is seated. The remaining players,
standing at a distance, select a leader who taps some of them on the
shoulder as an invitation to go with him to the farmer's orchard for
apples. Thereupon they leave their home ground, which has a determined
boundary, and approach as near to the farmer as they dare. The game is
more interesting if they can do this from various sides, practically
surrounding him. Suddenly the farmer claps his hands and all players
must stand still, while the leader calls out, "The farmer is coming!"
The players try to get safely back to their home ground, the farmer
chasing them. He may not start, however, until the leader has given
his warning. Any player caught by the farmer changes places with him.

For the parlor or class room
This game adapts itself well to
indoor use, the farmer sitting on a chair in the middle of the
room if in a parlor, or at the teacher's desk if in a
schoolroom. The players are home when in their seats, and the
farmer, to catch them, must tag them before they are seated.

This is a particularly enjoyable game for an older person to
play with children, the former enacting the farmer.


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