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140  paradise just as St. Peter opened it a little, that the thin, skinny tailor might slip in. The smith was still six or seven paces from the gate. "I think it's best to make haste now," said the smith. He took the sledge-hammer and hurled it into the opening of the door just as the tailor got inside.

If the smith didn't get in through the opening f at time, I don't know what has become of him since.

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