This is a game where a group of kids choose a color in secret away from the one who's "It". The one who's "It" is called "Old Agnes" (La vieja Inés). "Old Agnes" has to guess the color the other kids have chosen...
La vieja Inés
Old Agnes
Diálogo de juego
(Spanish)
Children's Game
(English)
Toc toc (tocando una puerta o pared o cualquier cosa que se haga de base)
Niños: - ¿Quién es?
"Inés": - La vieja Inés
Niños: - ¿Qué quería?
Inés: - Un listón.
Niños: - ¿De qué color?
Inés: - Azul.
Niños:- No, no hay.
Inés: - Verde.
Niños: - Tampoco hay.
Así hasta que los niños que previamente hayan escogido un color salga el suyo y éstos correrán. Si son atrapados se quedan con la vieja Inés así hasta que acaben los niños por atrapar. El último pasa a ser la vieja Inés. El chiste es aprender colores extraños o listones multicolor para no ser atrapados.
Knock knock (knock at a door, a wall or something else to make a base)
Children: "Who's there?"
"Agnes": "Old Agnes."
Children: "What do you want?"
Agnes: "Ribbon."
Children: "What color?"
Agnes: "Blue."
Children: "No, there isn't any."
Agnes: "Green."
Children: "There isn't any either."
This goes on until the color the children had chosen is found... at that point, all the children start running away. "Old Agnes" has to catch them. If they get caught, they stay with "Old Agnes". The game goes on until all are caught except for one. That player becomes the new "Old Agnes". The trick is for the group to choose strange colors or multicolored ribbon to avoid being caught.
Game Instructions
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Carlos Arturo Casas Mendoza for contributing this song and the game instructions.
¡Muchas gracias!
