The Lizard ~ Sovcevevs The Lizard is a string trick that was first collected from the Torres Straits in the South Pacific. When you've learned it, you can dazzle your friends by doing it several times in a row In the Loyalty Islands, this slippery string trick was used when it was time to stop playing with string 1, Hold the string loop with your left hand. Let the long, loop hang down freely. The loop has a near side (close to you), and a far side (far from you on the other side of the strings) eae 2. Hold your right hand palm down with the fingers y facing away from you, and put your hand through \ the string loop from the near side. \ 3. Tit your right hand until the thumb faces down and then bend your wrist until your fingers are facing towards the right. The right hanging string is caught in the crook of your wrist 4, Catch this string (the right hanging string) on the back of your right thumb, then let this string slide over the rest of the fingers of your right hand until it is looped around your right wrist. Your right hand b rotates as you do this, the fingers facing down, then towards the left. Your palm is facing in svete ani. 5, Continue to rotate your right hand until your fingers, are facing up. Now turn your hand so that the palm 's facing out. away trom you. The right string of the hanging loop is still around your wrist,6. Move your right hand, palm out, across the front of the figure to the left of the left string of the hanging loop, then away from you to the far side of the string loop. 7, Move your hand, stil palm aul, a little to the right nti itis behind the hanging loop. Your right hand has taken the right string of the hanging loop with it. This right string crosses over the left string, creating an upper space tramed by the strings of the loop. 8. Bring your right hand, back first, towards you | between the strings of this small upper space. 9. As you pull away the long loop with your left hand, the strings will sither off your right wrist Now do it again! Collected by M.O vers and AC. HadsonThe Rabbit This figure was collected in the early 1900s from a Klamath Indian named Emma Jackson who came from Oregon. It's another wonderlully realistic string picture. Do Opening A Your index fingers tip down and go, trom below, up into the thumb loaps. Return to the basic postion Your thumbs drop their loops. Each index finger now has two loops and there are loops on your litle fingers. Be sure to keep the upper and lower index loops as far apart as you can, Tun your hands so that the fingers re pointing 6, Your thumbs are going to bring onward both the away from you and the thumbs are pointing up. sting crosses. So your thumbs go, om belo, Now there is @top sting (the upper near index up into the ite inger loops, then bring forwars string), a bottom string (Ihe fr ite finger sting), con ther backs the near lite inger stings; both 2nd wo sting crosses in between sings ofthe ower index loops, andthe far sng of the upper index loops. Return your hands to the basic position.EEE Be sure to keep the strings taut through the next manoeuvres: 6. Now your thumbs hook down over the upper near ing, Don't worry about the strings an the backs mbs, They't just side ott inde of your th 7. Tur your hands so that the palms are facing out. Your thumbs, sill carrying the upper near index string, goto get the far lite finger string. Catch this sting on the ‘backs of your thumbs and bring it out under all the, strings (excep! the one that was in the hook of your thumb}, 8. Stuff your thumibs up into the upper index loops. These are the small twisted index loops. If they are not on top. move them up. 9. 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If you turn your hands so thumbs are up and fingers point down, your Outrigger Canoe now becomes a Cup and Saucer! 10Yam Thief . ex ‘This string figure is both a story and a trick. Yams are very common in South America, where this story is told. 1. Drape the string over your left hand with your thumb on top. 2. With your right index finger, go in under the front string, then in between the left thumb and index finger, and pick up the back string. Story: ‘Once there was @ yam former Luho saw it was time to harvest his vam crop. (The thumb is the | farmer the fingers are the yams: SSS Pull it forward under the front string to make a short loop.3. Twist this loop once clockwise to make an X, Being careful not on the left index finger. Story: He got up early the next morning and harvested a whole bag of yams, 4, Tighten the hanging strings. Doing this step correctly is very important. ‘This is your first bag of yams. The farmer saw many more 5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the middle finger on the left hand using yams ready for harvest and the right index finger to go under the front hanging string and in decided to gather another bag. between the left index finger and middle finger to pick up the back string. This new loop to put around the middle finger will make the second bag of yams. 24 pe,ye The farmer was very tired, but decided to gather one more bag of yams. 6. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to make a loop on your left ring finger, except pick up the loop between the middle and ring fingers. This will be the third bag of yams. The farmer looked out over his 7. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to make a loop on your left little finger, field and saw that he could getting the loop from the back string between the ring and little Jinish the harvest by gathering fingers. This will be the fourth bag of yams. Tighten the hanging ‘one more bag. strings. The farmer was very, very tired after harvesting all day long. 8. Lay your left thumb down against your left fingers to show the He decided to go to bed early farmer lying down in bed. so he could take his yams to market the next morning. In the middle of the night, the farmer heard a noise that woke 9- Lift up your left thumb again. up. 25Story: He was afraid someone was trying to steal his yams. He quickly got out of bed and went to check his harvest. 10, He checked in front of the ul bags. He checked in back of the bags. While the farmer was checking in back of the bags of yams, the thief grabbed them and 12. twas gone in an instant. Take the thumb out of its loop. Use your left thumb to go up and down in front of the left fingers and to peek over the back of your left hand. Pull the front string of the hanging loop. Where did they go? 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