To be played by nine people; should there be more present, draw for the
players. And, as but one of the party will read, draw to decide which
one.
The reader then, having a pencil and paper, writes the parts of speech,
as the players in turn whisper to him:
No. 1. An Article.
No. 2. An Adjective.
No. 3. A Noun.
No. 4. A Verb.
No. 5. An Adverb.
No. 6. A Number.
No. 7. An Adjective.
No. 8. A Noun.
These having been written, the sentences must then be read aloud:
Example:
No. 1 whispers the article The.
No. 2, the adjective Pink.
No. 3, the noun Hawthorn.
No. 4, the verb Plays.
No. 5, the adverb Prettily.
No. 6, the number Three hundred and three.
No. 7, the adjective Fantastic.
No. 8, the noun Operas.
The sentence to be read, therefore, is, The pink hawthorn plays
prettily three hundred and three fantastic operas.
The easiest way to draw will be to provide several slips of paper,
of exact size and shape. Some of the papers must be blank, others
numbered, 1, 2, 3, and so on, making nine in all. Put these papers on
a tray and pass to all in the room. The one drawing the number 9 must
be the reader, the other numbers decide whether that individual must
whisper an article or an adjective, according to the example given.
Those having blank papers do not play.