the car game

I ran past Adam’s school today and it was the afternoon break. Then I saw him. He was with about 6 other boys and they were all crouching behind the fence. Apparently “the boy who’s name I don’t know” is the tallest and he watches for cars. When a car comes they all run to beat the car to the other fence. When the car gets to you you must immediately drop so the car cannot see you. I guess this explains why his shirts are so dirty.

When Adam saw me he stood up and started waving and told all the boys “that’s my Daddy!”. I stopped for a chat and then challenged them all to a race. They all beat me.