
Colored Eggs
One player is chosen to be the Fox. One player is chosen to be the
Hen. All the rest of the players are the colored eggs. The fox must
stand far enough away from the hen and her eggs that he can't hear
them. The hen assigns a color to each egg by whispering the color in
their ear. The eggs line up facing the hen. The fox comes up behind
the hen and acts like he is knocking on a door. The hen responds,
"Who is it?" The fox replies, "It's the fox." The hen says, "What do
you want?" The fox says, "Colored eggs." The hen says, "I haven't
got any." At this point all the players who are eggs laugh loudly.
The fox says, "I hear them laughing." "O.K." says the hen. "What
color do you want." The fox begins to guess colors. When he guesses
a color that is assigned to an egg the egg begins to run. If the fox
catches the egg a new fox and a new hen are picked. If the fox
doesn't catch the egg before it gets back to the hen he must guess
another color and try to catch the next egg. However, before the fox
can make his/her guess the fox must knock on the door each time and
the conversation between fox and hen must be repeated each time.
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