They entertained themselves, and each other, with whatever was close at hand - like walking on old oil drums. As they balanced themselves on those big barrels and danced their little feet backwards and forwards, they looked like circus clowns. I wanted to do that. Girls can't do this. You have to do two things at once, balance yourself and walk.
Girls can only do one thing at a time - one or the other.
But I didn't give up. Finally, one of the boys responded to my persistent plea. Okay, here's what you can do. Take the barrel up the hill. Get on it and balance yourself.