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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. 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
s these, however, he has to be content to remain spread out, warming a bit of himself at a time. It is, perhaps, foolish of him, amid so many real troubles, to allow a mere aesthetical consideration to worry him, but as he lies there on his back, looking down at himself, the sight that he presents to himself considerably annoys him. The puffed-up bed, resting on the middle of him, gives him the appearance of a man suffering 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 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. REALLY USEFUL TRICKS SUCH AS THESE HOWEVER HE HAS TO BE CONTENT TO REMAIN SPREAD OUT WARMING A BIT OF HIMSELF AT A TIME IT IS PERHAPS FOOLISH OF HIM AMID SO MANY REAL TROUBLES TO ALLOW A MERE ESTHETICAL CONSIDERATION TO WORRY HIM BUT AS HE LIES THERE ON HIS BACK LOOKING DOWN AT HIMSELF THE SIGHT THAT HE PRESENTS TO HIMSELF CONSIDERABLY ANNOYS HIM THE PUFFED UP BED RESTING ON THE MIDDLE OF HIM GIVES HIM THE APPEARANCE OF A MAN SUFFERING 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
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