250- "KICK THE CAN!".....

"KICK THE CAN!"....
What an after-dark game! Ever played it? The rules are universal.......

a) find a can!
b) gotta be dark, in the spring, summer or fall!...snowing or snow on the ground won't do!
c) one person, kid, is "IT"...all of your chums huddle at "IT"...when "IT" kicks the CAN, everyone else scatters, defined as HIDE!
d) "IT", during this scatter, covers her/his eyes and NO PEEKING! And then counts to 100 slowly....then goes to where the CAN lands.
e) that, then, becomes BASE.
f) "IT'S" assignment, then is to go looking for the playees...NOT standing on the CAN...
g) a playee oh so cleverly tries to race to the CAN and kick it before "IT" gets to the CAN.
h) if "IT" kicks the CAN before the playee does, that playee is CAUGHT and remains at the CAN....if the playee does kick the CAN first, then "IT" remains "IT"and all CAUGHT playees are FREE!
i) NO cheating!....nothing is worse for a kid to be called and labelled a CHEATER...

***WAIT one darn moment...this game is not that easy, but every kid in America knows the universal rules...just ask them. And never, ever break the rules. Know what I mean?

Forgot one ingredient...the yard where "Kick the Can" is played? Parents are "invited" to supply some snackaroos after the game ends....and we're not sure when and how the end of the game is decided...comes under the heading of "Rules-Made-Up-On-The-Spur-Of-The-Moment"...check your official manual, please!