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A Dime Rolls up to a Domino--That’s Letter d !. Don made a bet with Dora that he could line up a hundred dominoes without knocking them down. She said, “Bet you a dime you can’t do it.”. Don said, “Come back in half an hour, and bring a dime in case I can line up a hundred dominoes.”.
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Don made a bet with Dora that he could line up a hundred dominoes without knocking them down. She said, “Bet you a dime you can’t do it.”
Don said, “Come back in half an hour, and bring a dime in case I can line up a hundred dominoes.”
Don got to work. He was very, very careful lining up his dominoes.
Ten. Twenty. Thirty dominoes. Forty. Fifty. Sixty dominoes. Seventy. Eighty. Ninety dominoes. His hands were starting to sweat.
Dora came in when Don was lining up domino number 99. Could he get that last domino to stand?
Yes, he lined up a hundred dominoes!“Ta da,” Don said. “I did it! I lined up a hundred dominoes! You owe me a dime.”
Don watched with horror as it rolled toward his dominoes. Would that dime knock down the dominoes?
It began rolling slower, and slower, and slower. Just as it touched the last domino, it stopped! It was barely touching the last domino, but it didn’t knock it down. Whew!
“Look!” said Don. “A dime rolls up to a domino—that’s letter d!”