Jan. 15, 2009 - The Gun Game
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The gun game. It suddenly dawned on me the other day what a violent game it is. Really, it's horrible. I mean, killing people? Especially for little children. But I should explain. It all started one hot muggy day in the Philippines when Daniel, Vivian and Alli were sitting on the swing, twiddling their thumbs, humming, and in general just being boring. Then Alli suggested that they play a game. Since all of the regular games were either really boring, or labeled as 'dangerous' by the parents, they decided to make one up. Daniel sighed and said "How about we play something like charades?" Alli laughed and pretended to shoot Daniel with her gun, and the gun game was born.
A while later, I came out to find Daniel, Vivian, Alli, and Anna along with some other kids visiting the Guest House all lined up on the front lawn. Alli ran up to me and proceeded to explain what game they were playing and how you play it. "It's called the gun game." "Who made it up?" I asked. "Daniel and Vivian." she replied. Alli ran back and took her place in front of the line of people. "Ok. I'm going to shoot you...hmmm.....with a pistol....in the stomach!" Then she started saying the alphabet. "A, B, C, D...." Here, Daniel gasped and grabbed his stomch. He slowly dropped to the ground, groaning as he went, and then slumped, sticking his tongue out for added effect. Alli giggled and continued; "E, F, G, H...etc..etc" until everyone had 'died'. Then Alli walked around to judge who she thought had died the most realistically. Daniel was still laying there on the ground, wheezing pathetically, sticking his tongue out. "Daniel wins!" said Alli. "So now Daniel is 'it' and gets to shoot us." she explained aside to me. But it seemed that 'it' didn't have to stick to guns, he could also choose other ways of killing people. Daniel got up and announced cheerfully, "You're all going to be run over by a train!"
*edit: Just so you know, after we realized how horrible the gun game was, we immediately stopped playing it, and we don't play it at all anymore. ; ) *
Eventually we got tired of the gun game, and Anna said, as if it were the most original thing she had thought of all day, "Hey, let's go swimming!" Silence. "But we went swimming yesterday." I said. "And the day before.." added Vivian, "And the day before that." said Daniel. "But it is very hot..." I said. So, Anna won and we went swimming. Then, immediately upon entering the pool, Viv instantly turned into a paranoid monkey with nine lives who always insisted on drowning herself, and then blaming her death on her owner (Me). To solve this problem, I held onto her with a death grip. Anna was now Icecream-girl, who demonstrated her super powers by shooting icecream out of her fingers like Spiderman. I requested coffee icecream. Finally, Alli proudly announced that she was going to do a flip off the side into the deep end. This scared me a little since I can't do a flip myself, especially with no diving board, and Alli is only 3. I watched nervously as she catapulted her little self into the air, and then landed safely in the water. We all applauded, which pleased her greatly, and then she offered to do it again, but by then it was time for dinner. So ended a not so boring day in the Philippines.
~Joy Bird
