Mariam's Laws of Boy Motion

Inspired from mighty ol' Newton's Laws of Motion, but with a little Mariam-ic touches:)
At first, I state the original law, then make the necessary alterations relying on my own observations of typical "Boy Motion" in your typical elementary school.

Newton's first law: law of inertia
An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an external and unbalanced force. An object in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an external and unbalanced force.

Mariam's First law: law of run run run BAM
A boy at rest will remain at rest only if he is watching TV, on his Xbox or asleep. A boy in motion will remain in motion until he runs into something solid (sometimes even this will not be enough to stop him).

Newton's second law: law of acceleration

The rate of change of momentum of a body is proportional to the resultant force acting on the body and is in the same direction.

Mariam's second law: law of sugary fuel
The rate of change of momentum of a boy's body is proportional to how much sugar he has indulged in recess.

Newton's third law: law of reciprocal actions
All forces occur in pairs, and these two forces are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.

Mariam's third law: law of the "tosheh hosheh"
All fights start in pairs (but grow in size exceptionally fast), the forces of the punches and kicks are opposite in direction but not necessarily equal in magnitude.

These three laws hold to a good approximation for the most part of my boys' daily motion. However, the three laws collapse to bits and are rendered completely and utterly obsolete when a variable is introduced. Please welcome Mr. BALL.

If you have ever made the mistake of underestimating the effect of your average ball (size, shape and color seem to be of no importance as long as it is round and can bounce!). Just try to offhandedly toss a ball in some boy-infested scene and kick back and enjoy the show!

It is truly a sight to see. No matter what they are doing, how involved they are in it, each and every child will abandon anything and everything and rush to chase the ball and try to catch it. It is an irresistible temptation. Not a single boy can see a ball in motion and not spring forth in its direction. Suddenly all eyes are in one direction, all hearts and arms are desperately aiming to capture one object. And when someone suddenly does catch it and holds it in his little hands. You should just see the look on his face... we're talking I-just-won-a-gold-medal-in-the-Olympics proud! But it lasts only as long as it takes for the rest of the boys to catch up and run him over in an attempt to recapture the ball. Wherever the ball decides to go, you can bet your falafel that 30 pairs of feet will be scurrying off at its tail.

I can only conclude that this "Ball Effect" is a natural instinctive behavior. One that happens to amuse me immensely I must admit.