String Games - Arvind Gupta (1.1 Mb Pdf)

13, to make the fourth cat’s cradle
shape called the Boat. A then pinches
the crossed strings together, from the
sides of the boat, with his thumbs and
index fingers.
14. A pulls the X strings out and
over the two straight strings.
15. Then A pulls his finger down and
apart. B releases all the strings, thus
returning A again to the Soldier’s Bed.
16. Now B, using both his thumbs
and index fingers, pinches the crossed
strings together from the top of the
Soldier’s Bed.
17. B pulls the X strings out and scoops
them up the two straight strings.
18. Now A releases all the strings.
B pulls his fingers apart to make the fifth
cat’s cradle shape called the Cat’s Eye.