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needlepoint, and only rely on the safety line to haul the
bag down into position again should it get away, which
it often does. One might ask whyfore the line is not made
shorter to hold the bag in the proper position and thereby
make the job simpler. I suppose it is the same reason
that working-type mothers will drown their children at
birth if they feel there is the slightest chance they will
grow up to be production engineers.

The other problem I encountered was one which I am
surprised no one saw to fit to warn me about. That is
that when one works with Pixie Dust, it must be remem-
bered that it floats, and therefore pours up instead of
down.

When first I attempted to sprinkle a little Pixie Dust
on a Magic Floating Coaster, I was puzzled as to why
the coaster would not subsequently float. On the chance
that I had not applied a sufficient quantity of the substance
in question, I added some more . . . and then a little
more, not realizin' that it was floatin' up toward the
ceilin' instead of down onto the coaster. Unfortunately,
I was bent over the coaster at the time, as I was tryin'
to keep the bag from floatin' away, and unbeknownst to
me the dust was sprinklin' onto me rather than the coaster
in question. The first admissible evidence I had that things
was goin' awry was when I noticed that my feet were
no longer in contact with the floor and that indeed I had
become as buoyant as the bag which I was tryin' to hold
down. Fortuitously, my grip is firm enough to crumble
bricks so I managed to maintain my hold on the bag and




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eventually pull myself down the safety line instead of
floatin' to the ceilin' in independent flight. Further, I
was able to brush the Pixie Dust off my clothes so as to
maintain my groundward orientation as well as my dig-
nity.

The only thing which was not understandable about

this passing incident was the uninvolvement of the other
worker types. Not only had they not come over to assist
me in my moment of misfortune, they had also refrained
from making rude and uproarious noises at my predica-
ment. This second point in particular I concerned myself