Aldine second language book for grades five and six .. . 2Q9 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE ABOUT EXPLANATIONS AND REASONS; WRITING FROMDIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS; LETTERS I. STUDYING AN EXPLANATION Tit-tat-toe Tit-tat-toe is an Indian game, and is played withgrains of Indian corn. A piece of board is grooved with a jackknife in themanner shown in the dia-gram. One player has three redor yellow grains of corn,and the other an equal num-ber of white ones. Theplayer who won the lastgame has the go — thatis, he first puts down a grainof corn at any place where the lines intersect, butusually in the middle, as that
Aldine second language book for grades five and six .. . 2Q9 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE ABOUT EXPLANATIONS AND REASONS; WRITING FROMDIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS; LETTERS I. STUDYING AN EXPLANATION Tit-tat-toe Tit-tat-toe is an Indian game, and is played withgrains of Indian corn. A piece of board is grooved with a jackknife in themanner shown in the dia-gram. One player has three redor yellow grains of corn,and the other an equal num-ber of white ones. Theplayer who won the lastgame has the go — thatis, he first puts down a grainof corn at any place where the lines intersect, butusually in the middle, as that is the best point. Thenthe other player puts down one, and so on until allare down. After this, the players move alternatelyalong any of the lines, in any direction, to the nextintersection, provided it is not already one who first succeeds in getting his three 300. STUDYING AN EXPLANATION 301 grains in a row wins the point, and the board is cleared for a new start. — Edward EgglestonFrom The Hoosier Schoolboy The above explanation of the way Indianchildren played the game, Tit-tat-toe, is soclear that anybody who understands the wordsand reads it thoughtfully, could play thegame. What does grooved mean? Intersect means to cut through or lines in the diagram intersect at the pointsmarked with the figures, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7> 8> 9- Alternately means in turns, that is, the first player moves from one point to another, then the second player moves, then the first again, — turn and turn about. How many players take part in the game ? How many points are always vacant ? Something to Do at Home Draw the diagram on a piece of paper and play thegame, following the explanations, or rules, given bythe author. In place of grains of corn what might beused? 302 SECOND LANGUAGE BOOK II. WRITING AN EXPLANATION The explanation given in the la
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