Hide And Seek

"Do you know how to play hide and seek?" This was the first question I asked my language tutor at 7:25am this morning. After some persuading that yes- I did want to spend time talking about this children's game- my tutor admitted that while it had been a while since she had played, she was familiar with the basics.

Last night the three year old boy who lives next door dropped in. (He often stops by to have meal, a shower or a sleep...) Last night was the first opportunity I've had to hang out with him and play a little. As well as play-dough and some other games we made up as we went along, we played hide and seek.

Hide and seek isn't much fun played in silence. So, as the one doing the seeking, I had to think of things to say! "Little brother- where are you?" "In the cupboard?" "On the table?" "Here?" "There?" Although my vocab was limited (and my pronunciation probably terrible!) he seemed to have fun. This morning I listen to my tutor pretend to play hide and seek. I heard some more great phrases to use such as, "I will close my eyes and count from one to ten" "I can hear you but I can't see you" "There you are" and "You stink like death!" (apparently a saying commonly used by the winner of a game when it is over).

I hope that I get to play hide and seek again in Khmer sometime soon!