Ankleful

But you do want to redirect the energy so that you don't wind up catching an ankleful of claws, says Margaret Thompson, D.V.M., a veterinarian in Colleyville, Texas.

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They snow the shop floor blind, anklefuls, silencing footfall, corkscrewing in blocks of sun — how light and illiterate with glee they settle.

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That's a sure blueprint for: A— tripping the base runner and, B—inviting a painful ankleful of spikes and/or broken bones.

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