Now we know why so many statues are headless…
Photo: Viktoriia Filipohenko
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“How much longer?” asked the woman in the back.
“Why?”
“You’re leaning on my head.”
“So?”
“It’s been years. I’m getting a migraine. Please move your arm.”
“I can’t.”
“Why not?”
“We’re a statue. We were made this way.”
“You HAVE to be kidding me.”
“I’m not,” she said. “It’s no fun for me either, you know. The book weighs a TON. My legs have been numb since the first week we got here. My arm is killing me as well and I won’t even tell you how much my neck hurts. But the thing that’s truly driving me crazy is that I can’t turn the bloody PAGE!”
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on April 28, 2021