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Tandika n’okulonda anakulembera. Akulembera atandika omuzannyo ng’agamba, “Nina ekisolo kye ndowoozaako, kye ŋŋenda okubanyonyola. Nja kwassa ensigo y’ekijjanjaalo ku mwana asooka okuteeba erinnya lyakyo. Naye okirizibwa okuteeba omulundi gumu gwokka. “Oyo akulembera annyonnyola embeera ezimu ez’ekisolo ekyo, nga: “Ekisolo kino kitambulira ku maggulu anna, kirina akakira kampi era kirya bimera.” Ekyokulabirako, omwana omu ayinza okuteeba “Embuzi.” Bw’abeera nga mukyamu, agobwa mu muzannyo. Oyo akulembera agatako ekintu ekirala kyonna nga, “kya kiragala.” Omwana ayinza okuteeba “envubbu.” Ky’ateebye bwe kibeera nga ky’ekituufu, oyo ateebye afuna ensigo y’ekijjanjaalo era n’afuuka oyo akulembera. Naye bwe kibeera nga kikyamu, oyo ateebye agobwa mu muzannyo. Oyo akulembera alina okweyongera mu maaso okuleeta obubonero obulala, ng’aleeta kamu kamu buli kiseera. Buli wakoma okuleeta obubonero obungi, okuteeba we kukoma okubeera okwangu. “Kirina omukono,” akulembera bwayongezaako. Awo nno abaana abawerako bayinza okulekaana nti “enjovu!” Oyo asooka okwogera eky’okuddamu ekituufu afuna ensigo y’ekijjanjaalo. Muyinza okuzannya emirundi gyonna gye mwagala, nga buli luzannya oyo akulembera alowooza ku kisolo ekirala. Oyo yenna asinga okubeera n’ensigo z’ebijjanjaalo ku nkomerero y’omuzannyo y’abeera alidde mu banne akeendo.
The children stand in a line, about ten feet apart, each resting his hands on his thighs and bending his head forward. This is called "making a back." The child at the rear of the line takes a short run and leaps over each of the others, placing his hands on their backs and jumping, legs apart. The child who is leaped assists the leaper by rising slightly as he jumps. When the leaper has leaped over each of the other children, he makes a back at the head of the line, and the child at the rear becomes the leaper.
For more fun: Leapfrog can be played as a race. Divide into two teams, and begin at a starting line. The team that leapfrogs to the finish line first is the winner.
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