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To play this game seat yourselves in a circle, take a clean duster
or handkerchief, and tie it in a big knot, so that it may easily be
thrown from one player to another. One of the players throws it to
another, at the same time calling out either of these names: Earth,
Air, Fire, or Water. If "Earth" is called, the player to whom the ball
is thrown has to mention something that lives on the earth, as lion,
cat; if "Air" is called, something that lives in the air; if "Water,"
something that lives in the water; but if "Fire" is called, the player
must keep silence. Always remember not to put birds in the water, or
animals or fishes in the air; be silent when "Fire" is called, and
answer before ten can be counted. For breaking any of these rules a
forfeit must be paid.
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