The Last Sports Festival of Compulsory Education. The Story of How 'Snake Skinning' Stole the Show

Hello.
I'm Yu, a woman with nothing but room to grow.

The other day, I went to watch my son's sports festival.

My son wouldn't give me any information other than the program...
Is this a typical son thing?

As a mother, I couldn't stop thinking about the group event called 'Snake Skinning'.

He didn't tell me at all what it involved...
Thanks to that, my second daughter and I ended up having all sorts of wild fantasies.

'Skinning?'
'Taking it off?'
'He brought his long track pants!!'
'Wait, seriously?'
'They're going to take them off, right?'
'Is it a race to see who can take them off the fastest?!'
'That's crazy!'

After repeating a conversation like this,
a mother and sister who started worrying about something completely unnecessary, like what if his underwear accidentally showed.

Yes, we are a family of big idiots.

Let's search online and find the truth!

Hmm, hmm.
It seems like you hold onto the waist of the person in front of you and run in a line.

W!! What!! Are you going to take off the pants of the person in front of you!!!!
What kind of event is this!!!!

I should have watched the video on YouTube until the end, but because I stopped halfway through, I was left with nothing but anxiety.

Yes, we are a family of fools.

This is my third-year middle school son's last sports festival.
For my children, this is the last sports festival of their compulsory education.
Once they get to high school, I probably won't be going to watch their sports festivals anymore.

This is no time to be worrying about such foolish things.
I should be soaking in the sentimentality more.

But I'm curious.
I'm too curious to cry.

Even though I watched him run hard in the relay and felt deeply moved by how much he's grown, I couldn't stop thinking about the 'Snake Skinning' in the afternoon.

I wonder if he's wearing underwear with holes in it...

Now, I want you to think about this carefully.
There is no way a middle school sports festival would have such a dangerous event where students take off each other's pants.

When I calmed down, I realized how ridiculous that was.
But my daughter and I were genuinely worried.

It's all the fault of my son for not telling me the details.

Afternoon came, and the event finally began.
As expected, everyone was wearing long pants.

I knew it!!

Hmm? If I look closely, there's a white string tied around their waists.
Everyone was lined up, each holding onto the string attached to the waist of the person in front of them.

It's not pants!!
Obviously.

I really couldn't have predicted what kind of event it would be.

The first group of kids starts running.
They move while holding onto the rope of the person in front, and then suddenly stop halfway.

Then, starting from the child at the very back, they lie down one by one.
The child at the front runs backward, passing through their legs, and falls at the very end.
Then they stand up in order, and this is repeated.

The spectator stands were buzzing.

I could even hear voices saying, "Whaaaat?"
And laughter and cheers were mixed together.

It was a shocking event in many ways.
More surprising than taking something off.
It certainly does look like skinning.

There was a video on YouTube, so I'd love for you to watch it.
※When I looked it up properly, there was a super easy-to-understand video.

An amazing event.
If you let go of the rope at your waist, you have to start over from where you let go.

It's impossible if your abs aren't trained.
Young people are amazing.
I couldn't do it in my 40s.

By the way, my son, who trains his abs every day, participated twice for some reason.

Was it for this event...? (Probably not)

Needless to say, the stamina and athletic ability of the child at the very front are the most impressive. (My son was near the back)

This was likely the last sports festival I'll attend as a parent.
My son didn't have a spotlight moment, of course, but this mother is very satisfied.

I am grateful to the teacher who prepared such a fun sports festival.
And all the children worked so hard!!
I'm sorry I couldn't shed tears of emotion.

In the end, this is just a story about a silly mother who got confused on her own.
I wonder if this kind of impression was okay.

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