stone skip childhood game

i remember how i have enjoyed the skip stone game as a child. we used to go to my maasi's (mother's sister) place almost every summer in the city of hardwar, which is by the way known more for being a religious place. we stayed in a lovely township - very green, very well planned, and coming from the city we did, the distances seemed just so tiny and the pace of life just so relaxed. the place we stayed in had plenty of open spaces in front - the rain water would collect in small and big puddles and mini-ponds and mini-lakes. and as children, we would pick up stones and throw them into the ponds to make them skip several times, creating ripples each time the stone would come in contact with the water. i used to somehow feel very competent at it. i'd know the trick was to pick the flattest of stones, and throw them with a certain force at a certain angle, and voila, the stone was sure to skip n skip more..

it was such a lovely game.. we used to spend many evenings this way.. at least that's how i remember it..:)