Cat and Mouse

Type of Game: Children - Cat and Mouse

Equipment: 4 Sheets of Paper

Formation: Group

# of Players: 10+

Description: All the players (not more than 5 pairs) form up 2 lines facing each other. The players in the lines hold each other by the hands. In one line there are "the cats" in the other there are "the mice". Between the lines there is "a hole".

The first pair begins the game: "the cat" is running for "the mouse". "The mouse" is running around the lines. In a dangerous moment "the mouse" may hide in "the hole". As soon as "the mouse" is caught by "the cat", the next pair continues the game.

The former "cat" and "mouse" stand in their lines again. The game goes on until all "the mice" are caught by "the cats". The rules of the game: "the cat" must not run into "the hole", "the cat" and "the mouse" mustn't run far from the lines.

If you want, after the first cat and mouse have played, they could switch what line they are in when they come back. Thus the first cat player would become the mouse and the first mouse would become the cat.