AMUSING HOLIDAY GAMES

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 104, 26 January 1935, Page 23

AMUSING HOLIDAY GAMES

When your friends get together on beach, ip garden, or elsewhere, vary the games played with these two amusing ones.’ The first is played with a ball, and, as many of you will have received new balls from “Santa,” there should be no difficulty in getting entries for this race. Line up all those to take part, and, allowing a ball for each one, put them in another place—say, at the end of the lawn or a few yards further down the beach. At the word “go” everyone races to the balls, picks one up, and puts it between his or her feet, and returns to the starting place thus. If the ball falls away from between the feet the player must pick it up and return it, not making any advance in the meantime. It’s great fun! Try it. You’ll feel awfully clever if you win. All the players stand in a line or a circle, leaving one out. Then each player except the odd one, chooses the name of an animal. The odd player then tells some sort of a story, every now and then interrupting the story with the words, “dog, bow, please” (or “cat,” or whatever other animal name has been chosen by any of the players). If the owner of the name fails to do as he or she is bid one “life” is lost. Of course, the bow must be made immediately, and the more interesting the story told the more likely the players are to forget just which animal they represent. After losing three “lives ■ the player is right out. The player last in wins the game. It is sometimes a good idea to make several “animals” bow almost in succession, for players are likely to relax immediately after one has been called. The various bows of the players also cause amusement.