Equipment: One Volleyball; Stones

MAGIC BALL

A Scottish Game

Equipment: One volleyball; stones

Method: A “river” 10 feet wide is marked out with stones. The players are divided into two teams or more than two if the group is large. All teams are on one side of the river. The leader puts the ball in play by throwing it high in the air. Whoever catches it before it touches the ground shares its magic properties and is able to walk across the river. From the other side she throws the ball back across the river to one of her own teammates while members of the other teams try to intervene. If no one catches the ball before it touches the ground, the leader puts it in play again. Anyone stepping into the river in the excitement of the game loses a life; if a player loses three lives she is considered “drowned” and must drop out. The team that first gets all its members safely across the river wins.