She never knew how it had happened,

but there waS once a chair

Stuck on the back of a waitreSS.

She jiggled, She jumped, She bucked and She kicked

her heelS like a wild horSe in a rodeo Show. but

nothing She did could help poor marie get the

chair off her back. She went to the beSt doctorS,

carpenterS, detectiveS, midwiveS, and plumberS in

all of pariS, but nobody could help her. the chair

Stuck on her back, and everyone

waS afraid of tearing it off her back

becauSe She might die. after all,

marie waS a Small young woman, Somewhat on

the Skinny Side. you might even call her frail or

fragile. perhapS that waS becauSe She waS alwayS

running from table to table in the reStaurant where

She worked. perhapS it waS becauSe She never had

time to eat a good meal. marie never thought

about it. She juSt worked aS hard aS She could.

She never knew how it had happened, but there waS once a chair Stuck

on the back of a waitreSS.She jiggled, She jumped, She bucked and She kicked her heelS like a wild horSe in a rodeo Show. butnothing She did could help poor marie get the chair off her back. She went to the beSt doctorS,carpenterS, detectiveS, midwiveS, and plumberS in all of pariS, but nobody could help her. the chairStuck on her back, and everyone waS afraid of tearing it off her back becauSe She might die. after all,marie waS a Small young woman, Somewhat on the Skinny Side. you might even call her frail orfragile. perhapS that waS becauSe She waS alwayS running from table to table in the reStaurant whereShe worked. perhapS it waS becauSe She never had time to eat a

She never knew how it had happened, but there waS once a chair Stuck

on the back of a waitreSS.She jiggled, She jumped, She bucked and She kicked her heelS like a wild horSe in a rodeo Show. but

nothing She did could help poor marie get the chair off her back. She went to the beSt doctorS,carpenterS, detectiveS, midwiveS, and plumberS in all of pariS, but nobody

could help her. the chair

Stuck on her back, and everyone waS afraid of tearing it off her back becauSe She might die. after all,marie waS a Small young woman, Somewhat on the Skinny Side. you might even call her frail or

fragile. perhapS that waS becauSe She waS alwayS running from table to table in the reStaurant where

She worked. perhapS it

could help her. the chair

Stuck on her back, and everyone waS afraid of tearing it off her back becauSe She might die. after all,marie waS a Small young woman, Somewhat on the Skinny Side. you might even call her frail or

fragile. perhapS that waS becauSe She waS alwayS running from table to table in the reStaurant where

She worked. perhapS it

waS becauSe She never had time to eat a good meal. marie never thought

about it. She juSt worked aS hard aS She could.

“Maybe soMething good will coMe of this,” Marie said to herself.“Maybe if you dressed Me up, you Might learn a thing or two,” the chair said to her.“you can talk!” Marie said with astonishMent.“you can walk,” the chair said.“of course i can,” the waitress said. “anyone can.”“hey, that’s not true. not anyone can. there are a lot of old people who can’t walk. what aboutbabies? what about people who have accidents? what about people who are born differently?”“all right, all right,” Marie said. “i get your point.”“well, if you get My point,” the chair said. “get Me dressed and do soMething about it.”

“Maybe soMething good will coMe of this,” Marie said to herself.“Maybe if you dressed Me up, you Might learn a thing or two,” the chair said to her.“you can talk!” Marie said with astonishMent.“you can walk,” the chair said.“of course i can,” the waitress said. “anyone can.”“hey, that’s not true. not anyone can. there are a lot of old people who can’t walk. what aboutbabies? what about people who have accidents? what about people who are born differently?”“all right, all right,” Marie said. “i get your point.”“well, if you get My point,” the chair said. “get Me dressed and do soMething about it.”

“maybe Something good will come of thiS,” marie Said to herSelf.“Maybe if you dressed Me up, you Might learn a thing or two,” the chair said to her.“you can talk!” marie Said with aStoniShment.“you can walk,” the chair said.“of courSe i can,” the waitreSS Said. “anyone can.”“hey, that’s not true. not anyone can. there are a lot of old people who can’t walk. what aboutbabies? what about people who have accidents? what about people who are born differently?”“all right, all right,” marie Said. “i get your point.”“well, if you get My point,” the chair said. “get Me dressed and do soMething about it.”

“maybe Something good will come of thiS,” marie Said to herSelf.“Maybe if yo

u dressed M

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“maybe Something good will come of

thiS,”

“Maybe if you dressed Me up, you Might learn a thing or two,” the chair said to her.“you can talk!”

“you can walk,” “of courSe i can,” the waitreSS Said.

“anyone can.”

“hey, that’s not true. not anyone can. there are a lot of old people who can’t walk. what about

babies? what about people who have ac-cidents? what about people who are born differently?”“all right, all right,”

“i get your point.”

“well, if you get My point,” “get Me dressed and do soMething about it.”

Marie said to herself.

the chair said to her.

Marie said with astonishMent.the chair said.the waitress said.

Marie said.

the chair said.