Man under the ice. Falls through ice with his horse, wanders around on the river bottom, pushes his spear through ice from below and rises to the surface

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Man under the ice. Falls through ice with his horse, wanders around on the river bottom, pushes his spear through ice from below and rises to the surface.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies: logical absurdities. · Absurd disregard of anatomy. · view the constellation · filed as X1737.1.1

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general *Wesselski Bebel I 171 No. 8.

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Filed under Man falls through ice, has to swim two miles to come out at an air hole.

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