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...Excerpt: The Toys to Have. The jolliest indoor games for boys and girls demand a floor, and the home that has no floor upon which games may be played falls so far short of happiness. It must be a floor covered with linoleum or cork carpet, so that toy soldiers and such-like will stand up upon it, and of a...

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... Herbert George Wells A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Floor Games by Herbert George Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Floor Games by Herbert George Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Ele... ...vania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 H. G . Wells FLOOR GAMES by Herbert George Wells S S S S Section I ection I ection I ect... ...A O HAVE VE VE VE VE THE JOLLIEST INDOOR GAMES for boys and girls demand a floor, and the home that has no floor upon which games may be played falls ... ...on which games may be played falls so far short of happiness. It must be a floor cov- ered with linoleum or cork carpet, so that toy soldiers and such... ... lit and airy. Occasionally, alas! it must be scrubbed—and then a truce to Floor Games. Upon such a floor may be made an infinitude of imaginative gam... ... for after life. The men of tomor- row will gain new strength from nursery floors. I am going to tell of some of these games and what is most needed t... ...hat like the kiwi and the duck-billed platypus refuse to be classified. 4 Floor Games These we arrange and rearrange in various ways upon our floor, ... ...nd 9 x 4-1/2. With the larger ones we make islands and archipelagos on our floor while the floor is a sea, or we make a large island or a couple on th...

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...H.G. Wells had so much fun playing with his children on the floor of their playroom, he decided to write a jovial little book to inspire other parents in their pursuit of quality time with the kids. While the raw materials available from hobby stores of his day were woefully short of ...

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volunteers bring you 8 different recordings of The Face on the Barroom Floor by Hugh Antoine D'Arcy.

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...ns, fished, grew their own potato crops and made throat lozenges from locally-grown spearmint boiled in metal cauldrons over the stove. Women braided floor mats from swamp-grown rushes, and even fashioned sandals from those very same pliable plants. The Civil War was a recent memory not some moldy, historical trivia and neighbors were more 'civil' or at least it seemed tha...

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...ing hot 55. Do not step on his toes, but on his shoes. 56. I don’t like you. Nice to see you! 57. The director jumped to conclusion from the third floor through the window… ...

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...ed up and he was thrown headfirst into the backseat. A female voice commanded his attacker, “Quick give me his head.” His head was lifted from the floor of the car and twisted to give unobstructed access to his memory chip. “How far are you going to go back?” Someone asked from the front seat. “Twenty years.” Arthur felt a code being punched into the memory chip on ...

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...und moved beneath his paws. Screams filled the room, terrifying Whiskers. "Up he flew. Up into the air with chips and blanket.... He jumped to the floor and ran for the door. As he escaped, a swat stung his tail. "Whiskers raced back to his warm bed and hid under his sister. 'What is all the racket?' cried Cheespuff, a little white furry ball. "A huge monster in t...

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...Is there a genre called FUN? Yes, and this is it! Insanely humorous geography that will have you rolling on the floor laughing with your sides hurting. (Summary by Neeru Iyer)...

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...g all thing tight to maintain it's spherical shape. Force of tectonic motion has to fight against the persisting gravity to push the crust from ocean floor to the top of mountain ranges. However, gravity can not be a pulling force, or tidal drag, of seismic activities. It is no attraction force has been shown by falling body experiments. On the other hand, mantle conv...

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...d, he saw the indefinable, and unforeseeable, but definite death. Back in the building he was climbing the staircase, and when he reached the second floor he saw Aditya’s house still locked. On the latch of the door was kept a packet of flowers. He wondered where have they all gone. They might have gone to her husband’s home. They might come only after a few days. The flo...

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...last a month, aborting a fetus just before pregnancy started to show. Candy #3 was too sly for her own good and went to jail her first night on the floor. She picked a drunk's pocket. Then there was the last Candy, Candy #4. Every once in a while somebody will shake their head and mention that they miss her. Even the Professor. About the only thing Candy #4 had i...

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... exposing unattractively crossed and protruding front teeth in a shy smile. ‘I’ve been watching you from my window over there,’ pointing to the third floor of an apartment block on the far side of the road. ‘Are you on the game?’ ‘Game? What game?’ Fidel’s innocence was evident. ‘Sorry. I got it wrong. I saw you approach that bitch and assumed you needed money. You loo...

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... of deviant behaviour that she is hiding from us), pointed my inebriated bare feet towards her and danced Saturday Night Fever style across the dance floor like the classic uncle twat, (apparently my one shoe was behind the bar and the other, well....it still hasn’t turned up) and plonked mesen, on Carrie’s knees. I flung my arms around her neck and whispered; ‘I want to...

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...JUMP Harris stood waiting in the small switch room, waiting for what he did not know. Raftos was standing next to Harris, Mick was sitting on the floor in the corner watching the large panel on the main part of the wall. A small tinny sounding intercom speaker suddenly came to life and a voice came over cool and quite calm. " Command base control to Light Star, all ...

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...phone on the counter and picked the headset, dialled a number and spoke in Arabic mentioning Rose Green to the person she called then hung up, “Fifth floor, second office on your left!” “Thank you!” said Rose, she looked up the clock hanging on the wall behind the nurse as she walked away. “You’re welcome, Rose Green!” responded the nurse. “Excuse me?” said Rose as she ...

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...f the car was heard outside. She said, ‘Raju I never expected all these.’ She took her suitcase and walked to the door. She kept the suitcase on the floor and turned to Rajasekharan. He was standing motionless. She went to him. ‘Are you sad ?’ Again the car horn was heard and he did not say anything. ‘They’re calling, shall I go?’ She went through the door, and stood fo...

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... and I can’t stand this solitude any more. I should have them around me. .........She overslept, and when woke up sunray crept into the room. On the floor she saw the dead cockroaches, hundreds of them lying on their back. She thought of the crumbled leaves which fall dry in the cold winter mornings from trees in her native home, and of her mother who passed away years ba...

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...Flash Fictions; not suitable for preteens & below.** A broken relationship; a hopeful lady; a full-of-rage heart of a man; a sound of a gun; a floor of blood and other scenarios. If your soul sides death; if your heart follows crumbling scenes; if your mind adores sorrow; if your eyes love blood, this anthology will fill your needs with different stories that...

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...eplies holding the tray out towards him. Doug stands up and knocks the tray out of Suzy's hands slapping her on the face before the tray hits the floor; “What are you after?” he demands in a cruel voice. “I want a quiet evening for a change.” she screams back. Doug punches her hard on the shoulder as she turns away and only succeeds getting as far as the firepl...