text: The speaker of a section of T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land recounts going out to do this activity with her cousin, who assuages her fear by saying, "Marie, Marie, hold on tight.
full_question: The speaker of a section of T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land recounts going out to do this activity with her cousin, who assuages her fear by saying, "Marie, Marie, hold on tight." The groomsmen Peter and Pavel are the only survivors of a wolf attack that occurs while performing this activity after a wedding in a story Antonia Shimerda relates to Jim Burden. In another novel, the title character and his crush take part in this activity after reminiscing near (*) Shadow Pond and replicating a kiss they saw between Ned Hale and Ruth Varnum. Those characters then attempt to commit suicide by crashing into an elm during this activity. For 10 points, name this winter activity that leaves Mattie a paralyzed invalid under the care of Zeena and Ethan Frome.
first_sentence: The speaker of a section of T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land recounts going out to do this activity with her cousin, who assuages her fear by saying, "Marie, Marie, hold on tight.
raw_answer: sledding [or sleighing; accept word forms or answers involving riding or using a sled or a sleigh]