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A KING FISH
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position, of course, the string which was the right far thumb string slips off the index finger. This movement, which appears so complicated, is nothing more than the index finger pulling the near little finger string through the thumb loop.
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You now have on the left hand a string across the palm and a twisted loop on the index; and on the right hand a near thumb string and a far little finger string;
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the near little finger string is looped around the tip of the index after passing under the far thumb string and pulling it over to the centre of the palm.
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