They had invented it themselves, and chosen for it this queer name out
of an old fairy story. It was a sort of mixture of Blindman's Buff and
Tag--only instead of any one's eyes being bandaged, they all played in
the dark. One of the children would stay out in the hall, which was
dimly lighted from the stairs, while the others hid themselves in the
nursery. When they were all hidden, they would call out "Kikeri," as a
signal for the one in the hall to come in and find them. Of course,
coming from the light he could see nothing, while the others could see
only dimly. It was very exciting to stand crouching up in a corner and
watch the dark figure stumbling about and feeling to right and left,
while every now and then somebody, just escaping his clutches, would
slip past and gain the hall, which was "Freedom Castle," with a joyful
shout of "Kikeri, Kikeri, Kikeri, Ki!" Whoever was caught had to take
the place of the catcher. For a long time this game was the delight of
the Carr children; but so many scratches and black-and-blue spots came
of it, and so many of the nursery things were thrown down and broken,
that at last Aunt Izzie issued an order that it should not be played any
more.
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