Так английский надо знать не по словарю же, а по живому.
Не знаю, как это в тексте объяснить. Короче, не водА, а
вОда. Который в игре водит - прятках, или салках. Смысл названия - всё происходящее игра, этот страшный клоун в ней
вОда, а остальные должны убегать и прятаться.
В общем, см.
английскую статью про салки и
про прятки:
Цитата:
A group of players (two or more) decide who is going to be 'it', often using a counting-out game such as Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. 'It' then chases the others to get close enough to 'tag' them—a touch with the hand—while the others try to escape. A 'tag' makes the tagged player 'it'.
Hiders can make a dash for 'Home Base', which is usually a landmark where whoever is "it" counts off. Touching the base area makes a hider safe, and the aim of the game is to touch base without being tagged. "It" continues to search for hiders and if he/she finds none then he is it again in the next game. If however, he finds and tags someone before they are able to touch base, he calls out in a loud and repeated fashion "Olly Olly Oxen free!"
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