The Under

The thirteen games

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  40Fastest Meterfree hereEleven tick slow. One ticks fast.

  One meter down here ticks faster than all the other eleven, and I have to say out loud whose flat it belongs to, and be right.

  The Under · F22 × R7 · 8 min aloud

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  41Nine PegsOne pigeon goes, they all go.

  Get all nine pegs into your pocket before the pigeons go — because if one goes, they all go, and then you start again at nine.

  The Drying Roof · F20 × R5 · 8 min aloud

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  42Painted DoorKnock with your knuckle. Lean with your knee.

  The small door is painted shut and it only ever goes THUD — I have to make it say a knock instead, with my knee on it and one knuckle.

  The Under · F23 × R4 · 8 min aloud

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  43Sheet FirstBig one first, and the squeal goes down.

  You always peg the little things first and the big sheet last, so the pulley squeals higher and higher — I'm doing it backwards, sheet first, and getting the squeal to go down the whole way.

  The Drying Roof · F19 × R3 · 8 min aloud

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  44Ceiling WalkHear the floor and say the room.

  I can hear Hod from upstairs cross my ceiling — so I have to call out which room he's standing in, three times in a row, and get every one right.

  Number Three · F28 × R7 · 8 min aloud

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  45Green Door RaceGreen door, both hands, at the very same time.

  Push and lift at the very same time, and get the green door open before Hod from upstairs is up the last six stairs.

  The Green Door · F16 × R2 · 8 min aloud

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  46One Word EachOne word each, and only on a tick.

  Your meter ticks, you say one word. My meter ticks, I say one word. First ones to finish the whole sentence together win.

  The Under · F22 × R6 · 8 min aloud

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  47Every PigeonNo hands. Make the whole roof go up.

  Pigeons go all at once or not at all — so I have to make every single one of them go up, on purpose, without touching one.

  The Drying Roof · F20 × R1 · 8 min aloud

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  48Beat The SongGet it all out before the last note.

  The Up-Down sings the same six notes every time it stops, and you have to get your whole message out before the last one finishes.

  The Up-Down · F10 × R2 · 8 min aloud

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  49Boiler StepsOne breath, one step, all the way back.

  One step for every breath the boiler takes, all the way down the Under and all the way back, and if the boiler misses a breath you start again.

  The Under · F21 × R5 · 8 min aloud

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  50Twelve ClicksOne knock hiding in all those clicks.

  Twelve tiles in the Hall click and one of them knocks — I stand with my eyes shut and I have to call the knock every single time somebody crosses.

  The Hall · F14 × R7 · 8 min aloud

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  51One StoneEvery stone gives it back but one.

  Every stone in the Middle throws your last word back at you — except one, and I have to walk on all of them until I find the one that keeps it.

  The Middle · F05 × R8 · 8 min aloud

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  52Drag The SpoonDrag the spoon, and make the ring last.

  The cold pipe only ever says tock — I'm going to make it say a long ring instead, all the way up through Hod's floor, before the ring runs out.

  Number Three · F26 × R4 · 8 min aloud