Tug o War

Yesterday two boys delivered a big heavy box to our classroom. What was inside? I wondered mysteriously. "How about after writing we go outside and have a challenge," Mrs Ellis suggested. As soon as we got outside we wondered how long the rope was. "Lets measure how long it is,"Mrs Ellis announced. First we guessed how long it was with out using a metre ruler. Then we used our feet. After that we used a wheel and after every metre it made a tick sound. Guess how long the rope was... 30 metres! Next I pulled the rope round to touch the other end so we could find the middle of the rope. After that Mrs Ellis tied a yellow piece of fabric onto the middle of the rope. Finally the time had come to... have game of tug o war. Half the class went on one side and the other half of the class went on the other side of the rope. As fast as a bolt of lightning we all ran to the side we were directed to. Three, two, one pull! We pulled as hard as we could pull until the fabric crossed the cone. We didn't even win once! Exhausted, we all travelled slowly back to class to have lunch. "That was the best tug o war challange ever!" I told Avleen.