All the players but three stand in two rows facing each other. One
player sits at the end of the two rows, another leads a third player
into the room and makes him kneel down before the player who is
seated, and who is called the President.
The President then proceeds to make all sorts of "magic" passes over
the kneeler's face, back, and hands. While he is doing this, the boy
who led the victim in fastens a whistle to his coat. It must be slung
on to a piece of string or tape, and fastened very loosely, so that
it can be easily grasped and yet will not knock against the wearer's
back.
The whistle is then blown by the boy who attached it, and the kneeling
boy is told to rise and search for the magic whistle. The players
who stand on each side must hold their hands before their mouths and
pretend to blow whenever the whistle is blown, which must be as often
as any one can get a chance without being found out.
The victim will search all along the rows trying to find the magic
whistle, and it will be some time before he discovers that it is
pinned to his own coat.
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