Components

• One plastic gameboard with 4 trees and buckets
• 44 Plastic cherries (40 necessary for gameplay, 4 extras)
• Fully assembled spinner

Object of the Game

The object of the game is to be the first player to pick 10 cherries from his tree and fill his bucket.

Setup

Each player chooses a tree and places 10 cherries on it.

Trees are outlined in a color that matches the cherry bucket to their right.

Game Play

The youngest player will go first and then play passes to the left.

In turn, each player spins and plays according to his spin:

One Cherry

Player picks one cherry from his tree and puts it into his bucket.

Two Cherries

Player picks two cherries from his tree and puts them into his bucket.

Three Cherries

Player picks three cherries from his tree and puts them into his bucket.

Four Cherries

Player picks four cherries from his tree and puts them into his bucket.

Bird or Dog

Player takes two cherries from his bucket and places them back on his tree. (If the player only has one cherry in his bucket, he puts that one back. If he has none, he does nothing).

Spilled Bucket

Oh no! Your bucket got knocked over! Player must place all the cherries in his bucket back on his tree and start over!

End of the Game

The first player to get all ten cherries "picked" off his tree and collected in his bucket calls, "Hi-Ho! Cherry-O!" and wins the game!

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