Essential Qualities : co-operation; corporeal activity; relaxation 10 minutes.; open space; no material required Goal of the Game : having the cat chase the mice and the mice trying to escape him…

How to Play : Cats chase mice everywhere in the world but in this game, once a mouse has been caught he becomes a cat himself. Here are some variations of the game:

Cats in Love
One player is chosen to be the cat. Everyone else is a mouse. The mice run around. If the cat threatens to catch one, the mouse try to find a mouse to hug because then the cat can't catch him. The leader of the game should make sure that the mice are well separated from each other most of the time, and that they don't form groups of more than two.

The Twins
The players group themselves in pairs of cats and mice with their arms intertwined. The pairs of cats and mice should run around until a pair of cats touches a pair of mice. The two mice then become two cats. Once the players have become accustomed to running in pairs, they can be asked to face each other while holding arms and move around that way.

The Frozen Mice
This time only one cat runs around. As soon as he touches a mouse, the mouse should freeze with his legs apart. To free him, the other mice have to go under his legs. (Check on how the game ends).

Variation : the bully/ the protector All of the players are spread out in an open space. Without saying anything; everyone has to think of a person in the group who makes him afraid (except the game leader) and of person who he wants to protect. At the signal, everyone starts running around at the same time, trying to get away from the person they are afraid of and looking out for the person they have chosen to protect : each player should try to put themselves in front of the person they're protecting and be as far away as they can from the person they are afraid of.

Interest of the Game : Combining a sense of solidarity and competition in the same game without giving each player a single role (alliances among the players constantly shift in this game.)