This scary story is a scary game that Arendelle children play around Halloween. But it can be played whenever the spirit moves you.
The players sit in a circle in a darkened, chilled room and listen to a storyteller describe the rotting remains of a Southern Isles prince. Each body part is passed around for them to feel.
In one version, a player is out if he or she can't conceal, not feel, or if they shiver in the cold. In another version, everybody stays to the end, no matter how chilly they get.
Here is the story:
Once in the Southern Isles kingdom there lived a prince named Hans. It was years ago, on this night, he was killed by frostbite.
We have here his remains.
First, let's feel his brains. (A handful of empty air)
Now here are his round eyes, still frozen with surprise. (Two pieces of chocolate)
This is his skeleton's arm. (An old reindeer antler)
Here is his ear. (A dried-out piece of lutefisk)
And here are his feet, rotting flesh and bone. (Two mittens filled with mud or chilled fire crystals)
But his sideburns are still here. (A handful of coarse troll hair)
And his frozen heart still beats, now and then. (A frozen Arendelle crocus)
And his blood still flows. Dip your fingers in it. It's nice and cold. (A bowl of melted ice cream thinned with warm water)
That's all there is, except for these worms. They're the ones that ate the rest of him. (A handful of damp ice harvester rope)