Ginger feels quite overwhelmed being in there, and once she and her brother are done using it, they do not hesitate to get out of there. It is quite dark in there, and is utterly infested with insects. When Ginger finally tags a Beast, they give her a head start by telling her that she has until the count of 'trel', then they run after her.

Counting to Three: An interesting variation occurs.

Child Eater: The beasts are all too eager to eat Ginger when she loses the game, as well as her brother for being her 'helper'.

Chekhov's Gag: One of the twins (Nat) likes to climb trees, and later on they try to climb a tree to see if they can spot a beast to tag.Calvinball: The 'beasts' play a very warped version of 'Hide and Seek' in which the rules are either made up as they go along, or so incredibly loosely defined that it just seems that way.Wald, exasperated with the twins and their antics, tells Ginger to take them around the forest and try to lose them. But she did this to lead him in the eastern direction, and when she yells 'Freeze!' when he gets there, that's when she tags him and he is actually It. So, Ginger asks him to play one of her games called 'Freeze Frame', which he does. Batman Gambit: Ginger finds Spork, one of the Beasts, and tags him, but she didn't do it in the eastern direction, so it doesn't count.Angry Fist-Shake: Ginger does this trope to Nat after he spits on her from high up a tree.Indeed, she quickly learns that the Beasts themselves are omnivores. But she suddenly remembered that bears would eat both. When she first sees one of the Beasts eat a gourd, she is happy to see that they eat fruit, and she assumes at first that all wild animals ate either meat, or fruits and vegetables. Analogy Backfire: Ginger does this to herself at one point.Affably Evil: The creatures just see it as an elaborate game and outside of that are quite friendly.This causes the Beasts to laugh, which disturbs her. Actually Pretty Funny: When the Beasts tell Ginger and Nat that the game ends when the sun sets behind the Gulla tree, Ginger asks what tree is that on what edge of the woods.Absurdly High-Stakes Game: If you're 'the Beast from the East' when the sun goes down, you're dinner.There was an event based on it in Goosebumps HorrorTown. It is one of the nineteen original series books that was not adapted into the TV series, likely because the show didn't have the necessary special effects budget. Soon they encounter a group of large, furry creatures playing a strange variation of tag, and are forced to join in themselves. Ginger Wald and her twin brothers Nat and Pat are lost in a bizarre part of the woods.

The Goosebumps book about an Absurdly High-Stakes Game of Calvin Ball.

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