A
children's game. One
youngster or a
responsible adult faces the wall, while all the others start on the other side of the room and
tiptoe towards him (her). At any point
Grandmother can choose to
tergiversate, whereupon any
kid spotted moving has to return to the far wall and start again from there. Like all good games it is freighted with intimations. To me it smells of
petrifaction,
wolves and
death.