...poise on the back of her horse. We played circus-rider at first, but later I had the theory that first jumping for its own sake made Christmas come sooner,...Mamma could never understand how children got so many black and blue spots. I have since been down the "helterskelter lighthouse" at Earl's Court. I was...

...the center of the tray as possible, holding fast to the carpet until I was ready. Then I would give a push with both hands, and down through bumping, clattering space I would go with such impetus that I would stop, when shot off the tray at the bottom step, only by bumping...