The individual you see in the photo above is what we used to refer to as “it”. Anyone could be it. You, your sister, your brother, your best friend, the kid down the street – all it took was a touch of a finger. At that point, it was your duty to make someone else it. It was kind of like playing “infection”, or “cooties”. You didn’t have to have a mask on, but we sometimes did. It made it scarier to be chased. And being scared and being chased was all the action our young, healthy, well-exercised, adrenal glands could handle.
