So it was that tall lean athletic Victoria volunteered to go first.
She got down on her hands and knees and entered the pathway at the
place titled < Start> where she found four identical coloured squares for her to
put her "paws" on.
Betty fished out the two red rubys the manual said needed to be inserted in the eyesockets
of the snake on the spinner.
The other three girls then watched as the snakes ruby eyes first began to glow red and then
the snake began to spin on its axis.
Meanwhile Victoria was beginning to perspire nervously,
as the path in front of her seemed to shift and undulate and the
various colours changed from one colour to another.She also thought she saw
a small black iron pot with what looked like sharp edged gold nuggests inside it
appear and dissappear and reappear at different spots of the coloured paw prints that the path was made out of.
She knew this was the hazard she must not touch,the Forbiiden"
The other girls however,turned from the spinner and stared in mute shock as Victoria's arms and legs
seemed to shorten and lengthen till they were the same length,and Victoria could walk more or less
comfortably in a four footed stance.
When Victoria saw the girls staring at her open mouthed she soon realized
the changes the game had caused to her arms and legs.
She tried to pull away but couldn't.
The Game had begun