Is It Paper Dust?

Dear John and Hank, my seven year old son, John Henry asked where the paper goes when you cut it with a pair of scissors. Is it paper dust? I'm not sure if he means this on the atomic level, but he's sure something strange is happening. Can we try the lateral thinking thing first? I think it could be very funny. That's where you imagine an analog situation and you try to figure out from there whether part of the piece of paper disappeared.

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