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Activity Page 7 The Hawk and the Chickens In this game the mother hen leads her brood in one line. The hawk is after only the last chick inline. The object of the game for the mother hen and other chicks is to protect the last chick. The object for the hawk is to get that last chick. The hawk is not after any of the others. To begin, the hawk does not move. The mother hen and chicks walk past the hawk watching constantly. The mother hen tells the chicks, "Stay close. Hang on to the one in front of you. Tell me what the hawk is doing. We must protect our last chick." The chicks answer as the hawk moves, "He's moving, smiling, sharpening his beak; he's coming closer, closer, closer..." The mother hen can use her arms to keep the hawk away. The chicks, in a chain, try to protect the last chick by winding in a coil. The hawk cannot touch the other chicks but can swoop to the shoulders of the last chick. Once caught, the last chick becomes the hawk for the next game, the hawk becomes the mother hen, and the former mother hen stands behind the new mother hen. The next-to-last chick becomes the new last chick. In three or four games, players have an opportunity to be the mother hen, hawk, last chick, or protective chicks. FROM A WORLD
OF CHILDREN'S GAMES, EDITED BY MARY DUCKERT. ©1993 BY FRIENDSHIP
PRESS. USED BY PERMISSION.
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