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We slept for two hours, and then got up and went back to the railway station, where we dined. WE SLEPT FOR TWO HOURS AND THEN GOT UP AND WENT BACK TO THE RAILWAY STATION WHERE WE DINED
ing, or else of some exceptionally well-developed frog that has been turned up the wrong way and does not know how to get on to its legs again. Another vexation that he has to contend with is, that every time he moves a limb or breathes extra hard, the bed (which is only of down) tumbles off on to the floor. You cannot lean out of a German bed to pick up anything off the floor, owing to its box-like formation; so he has to scramble out after it, and of course every time he does this he barks both his shins twice against the sides of the bed. When he has performed this feat for about the tenth time, he concludes that it was madness for him, a mere raw amateur at the business, to think that he could manage a complicated, tricky bed of this sort, that must take even an experienced man all he knows to sleep in it; and gets out and camps on the floor. At least, that is what I did. B. is accustomed to German beds, and doubled himself up and went off to sleep without the slightest difficulty. FROM SOME MONSTROUS SWELLING OR ELSE OF SOME EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DEVELOPED FROG THAT HAS BEEN TURNED UP THE WRONG WAY AND DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO GET ONTO ITS LEGS AGAIN ANOTHER VEXATION THAT HE HAS TO CONTEND WITH IS THAT EVERY TIME HE MOVES A LIMB OR BREATHES EXTRA HARD THE BED WHICH IS ONLY OF DOWN TUMBLES OFF ON TO THE FLOOR YOU CANNOT LEAN OUT OF A GERMAN BED TO PICK UP ANYTHING OFF THE FLOOR OWING TO ITS BOX LIKE FORMATION SO HE HAS TO SCRAMBLE OUT AFTER IT AND OF COURSE EVERY TIME HE DOES THIS HE BARKS BOTH HIS CHINS TWICE AGAINST THE SIDES OF THE BED WHEN HE HAS PERFORMED HIS FEAT FOR ABOUT THE TENTH TIME HE CONCLUDES THAT IT WAS MADNESS FOR HIM A MERE RAW AMATEUR AT THE BUSINESS TO THINK THAT HE COULD MANAGE A COMPLICATED TRICKY BED OF THIS SORT THAT MUST TAKE EVEN AN EXPERIENCED MAN ALL HE KNOWS TO SLEEP IN IT AND GETS OUT AND CAMPS ON THE FLOOR AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT I DID B IS ACCUSTOMED TO GERMAN BEDS AND DOUBLED HIMSELF UP AND WENT OFF TO SLEEP WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST DIFFICULTY
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