Pages 123-137: Leper Lepellier has enlisted. After Christmas break, a recruiter came and showed us a film about the United States ski troops. Being from Vermont, I guess the film appealed to him. Since Leper wasn't 18 yet, he could choose the part of the service he wanted to enlist in rather than be drafted and have it chosen for him.
Since winter Saturdays are terrible here at school, Finny decided we had to have a winter carnival with games, prizes,food, music, and even snow statues. So naturally since Finny thought of it- The Winter Carnival took place. Brinker had obtained some jugs of hard cider which he buried under the snow. His roomate Brownie Perkins was put in charge of guarding it. The game prizes were put on the prize table where Finny sat. We all had a good time. Finny even did a one-legged dance on the prize table.
At the end of the day, a telegram was delivered to me. Finny thought it was from the Olympic Committee. It was from Leper asking for my help. He had "escaped" but from what I didn't know.
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