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Divided into two teams of six, Tracy and the children were playing a made-up variation of softball. Normally played on a field similar to a baseball game, the rules and playing conditions had to be amended to accommodate the space available to them in the compact room. They used their hands for a bat, and a ball made from a scrunched-up sock from one of the children jammed into an empty paper cup.
Running the bases was awkward in the restrictive dimensions of the playing field, but it made for lots of laughter as children collided harmlessly with each other as they ran for the base just a few steps away from the batting plate. They found it particularly funny when their beloved teacher, while making a run to first base, slipped and fell when attempting to weave around one of the field
