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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A9" title="غميضة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="غميضة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%AB%D5%86%D5%A1%D5%BD%D6%84%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%B6%D6%85%C2%BB_%D4%B1%D5%B7%D5%AD%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B0%D5%AB_%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%B8%D5%B5%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%AB%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A8" title="«Նասքոնտինօ» Աշխարհի Ախոյեանութիւնը – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="«Նասքոնտինօ» Աշխարհի Ախոյեանութիւնը" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81" title="লুকা-ভাকু – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="লুকা-ভাকু" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizl%C9%99npa%C3%A7" title="Gizlənpaç – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Gizlənpaç" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%86_%D9%82%D8%A7%DA%86_(%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86)" title="گیزلن قاچ (اویون) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="گیزلن قاچ (اویون)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="লুকোচুরি খেলা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="লুকোচুরি খেলা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bih-sio-chh%C5%8De" title="Bih-sio-chhōe – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bih-sio-chhōe" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="Криеница – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Криеница" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%96%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%A2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8D" title="གབ་རེས་འུར་རེས། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="གབ་རེས་འུར་རེས།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fet_i_amagar" title="Fet i amagar – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Fet i amagar" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hra_na_schov%C3%A1vanou" title="Hra na schovávanou – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hra na schovávanou" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemmeleg" title="Gemmeleg – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Gemmeleg" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versteckspiel" title="Versteckspiel – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Versteckspiel" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peitus" title="Peitus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Peitus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%81%CF%85%CF%86%CF%84%CF%8C" title="Κρυφτό – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κρυφτό" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scundar%C5%8Dla" title="Scundarōla – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Scundarōla" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escondite" title="Escondite – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Escondite" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka%C5%9Dludo" title="Kaŝludo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kaŝludo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezkutaketa_(jolasa)" title="Ezkutaketa (jolasa) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ezkutaketa (jolasa)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%A9" title="قایم‌باشک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="قایم‌باشک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache-cache" title="Cache-cache – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cache-cache" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acocho" title="Acocho – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Acocho" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%87%E7%9F%87%E8%BA%B2%E8%BA%B2" title="矇矇躲躲 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="矇矇躲躲" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ki mw-list-item"><a href="https://ki.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runguburano" title="Runguburano – Kikuyu" lang="ki" hreflang="ki" data-title="Runguburano" data-language-autonym="Gĩkũyũ" data-language-local-name="Kikuyu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gĩkũyũ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khong-ng%C3%ACn-chh%C3%ACm" title="Khong-ngìn-chhìm – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Khong-ngìn-chhìm" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%88%A8%EB%B0%94%EA%BC%AD%EC%A7%88" title="숨바꼭질 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="숨바꼭질" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%B4%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%81%D5%AB_(%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B2)" title="Պահմտոցի (խաղ) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պահմտոցի (խաղ)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80" title="लुकाछिपी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="लुकाछिपी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petak_umpet" title="Petak umpet – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Petak umpet" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocos_de_latentia" title="Jocos de latentia – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Jocos de latentia" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nascondino" title="Nascondino – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Nascondino" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%91%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9D" title="מחבואים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מחבואים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhelikan" title="Dhelikan – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Dhelikan" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D2%9B" title="Жасырынбақ – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Жасырынбақ" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ve%C5%9Fartok" title="Veşartok – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Veşartok" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Жашынмак – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Жашынмак" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ltg mw-list-item"><a href="https://ltg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drypatys" title="Drypatys – Latgalian" lang="ltg" hreflang="ltg" data-title="Drypatys" data-language-autonym="Latgaļu" data-language-local-name="Latgalian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latgaļu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasl%C4%93pes" title="Paslēpes – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Paslēpes" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sl%C4%97pyn%C4%97s" title="Slėpynės – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Slėpynės" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nia mw-list-item"><a href="https://nia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fakuku" title="Fakuku – Nias" lang="nia" hreflang="nia" data-title="Fakuku" data-language-autonym="Li Niha" data-language-local-name="Nias" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Li Niha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipat%C9%9B%CC%81" title="Lipatɛ́ – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Lipatɛ́" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Криенка – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Криенка" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%92%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%BF" title="ഒളിച്ചുകളി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഒളിച്ചുകളി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80" title="लपाछपी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="लपाछपी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorok-sorok" title="Sorok-sorok – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sorok-sorok" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C4%93ng-b%C4%93ng-ni%C4%83h" title="Bēng-bēng-niăh – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Bēng-bēng-niăh" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verstoppertje" title="Verstoppertje – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Verstoppertje" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjulekrupen" title="Sjulekrupen – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Sjulekrupen" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a 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The game is played by one chosen player (designated as being "it") counting to a predetermined number with eyes closed while the other players hide. After reaching this number, the player who is "it" calls "Ready or not, here I come!" or "Coming, ready or not!" and then attempts to locate all concealed players.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The game can end in one of several ways. The most common way of ending is the player chosen as "it" locates all players; the player found first is the loser and is chosen to be "it" in the next game. The player found last is the winner. Another common variation has the seeker counting at "home base"; the hiders can either remain hidden or they can come out of hiding to race to home base; once they touch it, they are "safe" and cannot be tagged. </p><p>The game is an example of an <a href="/wiki/Oral_tradition" title="Oral tradition">oral tradition</a>, as it is commonly passed by children.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hide-and-seek&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hide_from_each_other.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Hide_from_each_other.jpg/220px-Hide_from_each_other.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Hide_from_each_other.jpg/330px-Hide_from_each_other.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Hide_from_each_other.jpg/440px-Hide_from_each_other.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3830" data-file-height="2580" /></a><figcaption>Children playing hide-and-seek</figcaption></figure> <p>Different versions of the game are played around the world, under a variety of names.<sup id="cite_ref-game_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One variant is called "sardines", in which only one person hides and the others must find him or her, hiding with him / her when they do so. The hiding places become progressively more cramped, like <a href="/wiki/Sardine" title="Sardine">sardines</a> in a tin. The last person to find the hiding group is the loser, and becomes the hider for the next round. <a href="/wiki/A._M._Burrage" title="A. M. Burrage">A. M. Burrage</a> calls this version of the game "Smee" in his 1931 ghost story of the same name.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hiding_in_the_Haycocks_(1881)_by_William_Bliss_Baker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Hiding_in_the_Haycocks_%281881%29_by_William_Bliss_Baker.jpg/220px-Hiding_in_the_Haycocks_%281881%29_by_William_Bliss_Baker.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Hiding_in_the_Haycocks_%281881%29_by_William_Bliss_Baker.jpg/330px-Hiding_in_the_Haycocks_%281881%29_by_William_Bliss_Baker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Hiding_in_the_Haycocks_%281881%29_by_William_Bliss_Baker.jpg/440px-Hiding_in_the_Haycocks_%281881%29_by_William_Bliss_Baker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="735" /></a><figcaption><i>Hide and Seek</i> (painting 1881)</figcaption></figure><p> In the <a href="/wiki/Peanuts" title="Peanuts">Peanuts</a> comic strip by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Schulz" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Schulz">Charles Schulz</a>, a variation of Sardines called "Ha Ha Herman" is played, in which the seekers call out "ha ha', and the person hiding has to respond by saying "Herman".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In some versions of the game, after the first hider is caught or if no other players can be found over a period of time, the seeker calls out a previously-agreed phrase (such as "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ally_ally_outs_in_free&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ally ally outs in free (page does not exist)">ally ally outs in free</a>", "Come out, come out wherever you are" or "All in, All in, Everybody out there all in free") to signal the other hiders to return to base for the next round.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seeker must return to "home base" after finding the hiders, before the hiders get back. Conversely, the hiders must get back to "home base" before the seeker sees them and returns.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hiders hide until they are spotted by the seeker, who chants, "Forty, forty, I see you" (sometimes shortened to "Forty, forty, see you"). Once spotted, the hider must run to "home base" (where the seeker was counting while the other players hid) and touch it before they are "tipped" (tagged, or touched) by the seeker. If tagged, that hider becomes the new seeker.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Forty forty has many regional names<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including 'block one two three' in North East England and Scotland, 'relievo one two three' in Wilmslow, 'forty forty' in South East England, 'mob' in Bristol and South Wales, 'pom pom' in Norwich, 'I-erkey' in Leicester, 'hicky one two three' in Chester, 'rally one two three' in Coventry, ' Ackey 123' in Birmingham and '44 Homes' in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hide-and-seek&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whilst hide-and-seek is evidently likely a very ancient and instinctual childhood game from <a href="/wiki/Time_immemorial" title="Time immemorial">time immemorial</a>, an early attested version of the game was called <i> apodidraskinda</i> in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a>. A second century Greek writer named <a href="/wiki/Julius_Pollux" title="Julius Pollux">Julius Pollux</a> mentioned the game for the first time. Then as now, it was played the same with one player closing their eyes and counting while the other players hide. This game was also found in an early painting discovered at <a href="/wiki/Herculaneum" title="Herculaneum">Herculaneum</a>, dating back to about the second century AD.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_competition">International competition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hide-and-seek&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: International competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Hide-and-Seek World Championship was an international hide-and-seek competition held from 2010 through 2017. The game is a derivative of the Italian version of hide-and-seek, "nascondino".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The championship was first held in 2010 in <a href="/wiki/Bergamo" title="Bergamo">Bergamo</a>, Italy, as an initiative of CTRL Magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though it started out as a joke, the event grew year after year.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2016 and 2017 competitions took place in <a href="/wiki/Consonno" title="Consonno">Consonno</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">ghost town</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or "The Italian Las Vegas",<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> located in the district of <a href="/wiki/Lecco" title="Lecco">Lecco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lombardy" title="Lombardy">Lombardy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nascondino_World_Championship_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Nascondino_World_Championship_2016.jpg/269px-Nascondino_World_Championship_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="269" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Nascondino_World_Championship_2016.jpg/404px-Nascondino_World_Championship_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Nascondino_World_Championship_2016.jpg/538px-Nascondino_World_Championship_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1066" /></a><figcaption>Nascondino World Championship 2016, in Consonno, Italy</figcaption></figure> <p>The winning team was awarded "The Golden <a href="/wiki/Fig_leaf" title="Fig leaf">Fig Leaf</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is biblically the symbol of hiding, referring to the story of <a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve" title="Adam and Eve">Adam and Eve</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Yasuo Hazaki, a graduate of <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Sport_Science_University" title="Nippon Sport Science University">Nippon Sport Science University</a>, and professor of media studies at <a href="/wiki/Josai_University" title="Josai University">Josai University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sakado,_Saitama" title="Sakado, Saitama">Sakado</a>, Japan, had set up a campaign in 2013 to promote hide-and-seek for the <a href="/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics" title="2020 Summer Olympics">2020 Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game Hazaki was promoting was a slightly different traditional Japanese game, more similar to a game of tag. 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