Light as a feather, stiff as a board: sleepover games explained
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Five girls, aged about thirteen, sit cross-legged around a supine friend, whose arms are flat across her body, like a displayed corpse. The sitting girls take it in turns to stack their hands – palms down – over the lying girl. “She’s looking ill,” they chant, “She’s looking worse, she’s looking worse, she’s looking worse; she’s dying, she’s dying, she’s dying; she’s dead, she’s dead, she’s dead, she’s dead. Light as a feather, stiff as a board, light as a feather, stiff as a board, Light as a feather, stiff as a board, Light as a feather, stiff as a board…”
Light as a feather, stiff as a board: sleepover games explained
Light as a feather, stiff as a board…
Light as a feather, stiff as a board: sleepover games explained
Five girls, aged about thirteen, sit cross-legged around a supine friend, whose arms are flat across her body, like a displayed corpse. The sitting girls take it in turns to stack their hands – palms down – over the lying girl. “She’s looking ill,” they chant, “She’s looking worse, she’s looking worse, she’s looking worse; she’s dying, she’s dying, she’s dying; she’s dead, she’s dead, she’s dead, she’s dead. Light as a feather, stiff as a board, light as a feather, stiff as a board, Light as a feather, stiff as a board, Light as a feather, stiff as a board…”