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really five feet eight and a half”; “Always say some prayers at night because it

might turn out that there is a god”; and “You always win at sports.” The latter

of the three was amazing because to Finny all you had to do was play to win at a

sport. Unfortunately, this all added up to a point where jealousy overcame Gene

and caused him to injure Finny. Gene and Finny had started a Super Suicide

Society which included a jump from both Finny and Gene at the beginning of every

meeting. This time Finny came up with the idea that they both jump at the same

time. They were in the tree with Finny farther out on the jumping limb when

Gene’s “…knees bent and I jounced the limb.” Finny fell and shattered his leg.

Gene became overwhelmed by sorrow because he had caused his best friend to

shatter his leg. The most athletic person in the school could no longer play

sports. Gene eventually got up the nerve to go to Finny and tell him the truth

about causing the fall. However when he got to him it was Finny who apologized,

saying, “I’m sorry about that, Gene,” Meaning, he regretted the feeling he had

that Gene had actually caused him to fall. Finny believed that a friend would

never do a thing like that.

Finny was a great person and one of his best qualities was his ability

to forgive. Gene and Finny became friends again once Finny was able to return

to school. All seemed well until the boy in the room across the hall started to

get suspicious that Finny didn’t accidentally fall out of the tree. He wound up

tricking Gene and Phineas into going to a investigation to find out what really

happened. The investigation included the testimony of a witness who was at the

meeting when Finny fell. He said, “they moved like an engine… The one holding

on to the trunk sank for a second, up and down like a piston, and then the other

one sank and fell.” Finny realized what had happened and took off out the door,

but then slipped on the marble steps and rebroke his leg. Gene felt terrible

remorse and he hid in some bushes just so he could talk with Finny. Finny was

still upset the first time Gene was able to talk to him through the window at

the infirmary, saying, “You want to break something else in me!” Gene was able