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Fables for the Fair
Quite Enough," she replied, and she Selected the Best-looking and the Other Went out after the Sensible Friend.
"May I Carry your Parasol?" said he when they had Started.
"If you will Be so Good," she answered. "It is very Foolish, I know, but my Skin is so Absurdly Thin, and the Sun Blisters it so."
The Sensible Friend came up just Behind, and Mopping her Face, she said,
"You are too Ridiculous. A Rose-colored Parasol on the Links! You are Keeping Him from Playing, too. He will get Out of Practice."
"Oh, I Hope Not," said the Woman who was Not Athletic.
"Do not be Alarmed," said the Man, "It is All Right."
"Moreover, I Saw him Help you Over a Fence," said the Sensible Friend, as she
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