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fandomhigh2013-06-21 02:19 pm
bitten_notshy) wrote in fandomhigh2013-06-21 02:19 pm
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Parlour Games, Friday, 6/21
There was a sign on the classroom door directing students out to a side lawn of the school. Once the students were assembled there, they'd find Jack fussing with the last of a series of six hoops.
"This isn't a proper parlour game, but it's certainly a game, and it feels silly to waste a beautiful summer day sitting around playing cards," Jack said. "Today we're playing croquet. Some of you have no doubt played it before. For the rest of you, here's a sheet of rules. The goal is to use the mallet to hit the ball through all of the hoops before anyone else can. So it's a bit like miniature golf, except with goals that stick out of the ground instead of being dug into it."
He went over the rules for a few minutes longer, than stood back. "And now -- time to play."
"This isn't a proper parlour game, but it's certainly a game, and it feels silly to waste a beautiful summer day sitting around playing cards," Jack said. "Today we're playing croquet. Some of you have no doubt played it before. For the rest of you, here's a sheet of rules. The goal is to use the mallet to hit the ball through all of the hoops before anyone else can. So it's a bit like miniature golf, except with goals that stick out of the ground instead of being dug into it."
He went over the rules for a few minutes longer, than stood back. "And now -- time to play."