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don't think I bent a finger, but I fell exactly 

 like a tree, and, lo and behold ! the pillow burst. 

 It must have been five minutes before they got 

 through laughing all over the house and the 



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better skaters were having great fun swinging 

 through this "goose hair." In a few minutes 

 the feathers were so thick you could hardly 

 see, and they followed in a boiling streak after 

 every skater. Finally the largest girl on the 

 floor, Lizzie Mescher, inhaled a feather, and 



