Word: see-sawed
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Dates: during 1881-1881
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...deadly purpose, - a trap to catch the unwary. You, too, are deceived by it. You step on one end fearlessly. The end upon which you stand at once submerges itself about three feet underneath the water, while the other raises itself aloft threateningly. Remembering your childish experience in see-saw, you make a rush up the log toward the middle. Arrived there you breathe a sigh of relief, for the unexpected show of vivacity on the part of such an apparently stolid mass has startled you not a little. For a moment you remain perfectly still; then suddenly, and without...