GAMES TO PLAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 57, 4 September 1937, Page 20

GAMES TO PLAY

This game, is best played on a lawn. Place a chair or stool in the centre of the lawn. A boy or giri sits on this chair and is: blindfolded. ,:A companion takes' Hold of ■ his hands and he rises; he vis-led away frpm.the chair, twisting ■ and . turning, until his companion' thinks he has forgotten the way back. The Other ■ player slowly counts ten. Then he stops, drops the blindfolded player's hands, and walks away. It is now up to the -boy to find his way to the chair.

A few children have a remarkable sense of direction, and, in the ten seconds, it is difficult to make them lose it. It is very puzzling to the blindfolded one to be led round in a wide circle; he may not realise he is going in a circle and will imagine he has only to walk straight back to the chair; instead of which he probably walks straight off the lawn! But practice makes perfect, and a sense of direction may be developed. After a few trials you should find yourself able to get back to the chair without much difficulty. DINNER TIME. In this game the players sit round in a circle, and one, chosen as the cook, has to ask each "diner" what he or she will take. The food must be described, but not mentioned by name. If you want fish, say "Something that swims." If ox-tail soup, "Made from an animal's tail." Mutton or lamb, "A cut off a wool-covered animaL" Potatoes, "Things that grow in the earth." Gooseberries, "That grow on prickly bushes," and so on. The cook has to guess what is asked for, and if she makes more than three mistakes (or two, if there are only a few playing), another player becomes cook.