Once Susan had told him that if he touched his tongue to a frosty latch all the skin would tear off it .<br>Jem had promptly done it , `` just to see if it was so . ''<br>He found it was `` so , '' at the cost of a very sore tongue for several days .<br>But Jem did not grudge suffering in the interests of science .
Susan was right about what would happen to Jem if he stuck his tongue on the latch
Susan was indeed correct as Jem's tongue became sore.
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