The CallerTales cast

Each friend shows you one idea by how they act. Meet them all and see how the ideas fit together.

1. Ama Draws the balls and keeps the call book Read the story →
2. Tam Reads every call aloud, and gets braver each stop Read the story →
3. Rima Ends every call on a rhyme, as lô tô singers do Read the story →
4. Riddla Never names a thing — only riddles it, like a cantor Read the story →
5. Smorfia Sees a picture in every number, as tombola players do Read the story →
6. Hiệu Sings the hint before the card, the way bài chòi is sung Read the story →
7. Kelly Gives every number a nickname, like a housie caller Read the story →
8. Beano Marks with whatever is to hand — beans, bottle caps, buttons Read the story →
9. Cartella Is a tombola card: three rows, five numbers each, every column its own decade Read the story →
10. Quina Shouts the moment five in a line are marked, and checks the line twice Read the story →

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