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The boat he tied to a post in the water, for the tide was high. There was no moon and he worked without a flashlight. When he came to the house he ... |
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breathed. He was dressed now in the Japanese clothes which Sadao had given him, and at the last moment Sadao wrapped a black cloth about his blond ... |
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said. “Well, well!” the old man said in a tone of amazement, “so I did! But you see, I was suffering a good deal. The truth is, I thought of nothin... |
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his fat and slatternly landlady. He had had great difficulty in finding a place to live in America because he was a Japanese. The Americans were fu... |
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possible one in the circumstances? 7. Does the story remind you of ‘Birth’ by A. J. Cronin that you read in Snapshots last year? What are the simil... |
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On The Face Of It SusanHill Before you read This is a play featuring an old man and a small boy meeting in the former’s garden. The old man strikes... |
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I like sitting. D erry: I’d not come to steal anything. M r LaMb: No, no. The young lads steal....scrump the apples. You’re not so young. D erry: I... |
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the subject for? People always do that. Why don’t you ask me? Why do you do what they all do and pretend it isn’t true and isn’t there? In case I s... |
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a tin leg? M r LaMb: Real one got blown off, years back. Lamey-Lamb, some kids say. Haven’t you heard them? You will. Lamey-Lamb. It fits. Doesn’t ... |
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different. When I’m as old as you, I’ll look the same. I’ll still only have half a face. M r LaMb: So you will. But the world won’t. The world’s go... |
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such. Just something said between them. D erry: Only I heard it. I heard. M r LaMb: And is that the only thing you ever heard anyone say, in your l... |
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heads off. So he went into this room, and locked the door, and got into his bed, and stayed there. D erry: For ever? M r LaMb: For a while. D erry:... |
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by yourself in that house. It’s a big house, too. M r LaMb: Friends everywhere. People come in.... everybody knows me. The gate’s always open. They... |
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r LaMb: Like a bomb only blew up my leg. There’s worse things can happen. You can burn yourself away inside. D erry: After I’d come home, one perso... |
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nobody wants to stay near me if they can help it. M r LaMb: I’ve not moved. D erry: No.... M r LaMb: When I go down the street, the kids shout ‘Lam... |
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M r LaMb: Do you have to agree? D erry: I don’t know what I want. I want....something no one else has got or ever will have. Something just mine. L... |
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haven’t got a tin leg. I’ll be back. [Derry runs off. Silence. The sounds of the garden again.] M r LaMb: [To himself] There my dears. That’s you s... |
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and listen. But I’m going. M other: You’ll stop here. D erry: Oh no, oh no. Because if I don’t go back there, I’ll never go anywhere in this world ... |
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future? How about... using your imagination to suggest another ending to the above story. On the Face of It 61 Reprint 2026-27 |
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Memories of Childhood Zitkala-SaandBama Before you read This unit presents autobiographical episodes from the lives of two women from marginalised ... |
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The small girls wore sleeved aprons and shingled hair. As I walked noiselessly in my soft moccasins, I felt like sinking to the floor, for my blank... |
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2026-27 But this eating by formula was not the hardest trial in that first day. Late in the morning, my friend Judewin gave me a terrible warning. ... |
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large trunks. Some one threw up the 64 Vistas Reprint 2026-27 curtains, and the room was filled with sudden light. What caused them to stoop and lo... |
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the snake which the snakecharmer kept in its box and displayed from time to time; the cyclist who had not got off his bike for three days, and who ... |
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together would tether my legs and stop me from going home. And then, according to the season, there would be mango, cucumber, sugar-cane, sweet-pot... |
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