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rlans。Mythirteen-year-oldbrotherwasactuallyaskingme，hisnine-year-oldsister，togoice-skatingwithhim。Go?OfcourseIwouldgo。Butwherewouldwegetthemoney?Lennysaiditwouldcostadollartogetinandrenttheskates。Onlytwoobstaclesstoodbetweenmeandgoingskatingwithmybrother—theblizzardof1948andonedollar。TheblizzardIcouldhandle—itwasthedollarthatresentedtheroblem。
Thequestbegan。Wereturnedsomemilkbottles，askedourmotherforanickel，beggedourfatherforaquarteraiece，collectedaennyortwofromcoatockets，discoveredtwocoinsthathadrolledunderthebeds，andsottedararestraydimenestledinacornerofoneofthesixroomsinourcold-waterrailroadflat。
Eventually，fortifiedwithabowlofhotoatmealandjammingthehard-earnedcoinsintoourockets，wesetoutonthetwenty-blockjourney—acitymile。
Thewind-drivensnowclungtoeverysurface。LennyandIretendedthatwewereintheAlsasweclimbedoverthethree-footmoundsofsnowthathadbeenshoveledtothecurbs。Itwasourworldnow—amyriadoftinysnowflakeshadshutdownthecityandkettheadultsindoors。Theskyscraerswereinv
