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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

elephant


by bofa xesjum




a gray elephant slept insincerely

a jaguar approached cautiously

somewhere a stock fell

and a little girl was instructed in arithmetic but found it boring

just because something happened does not make it important, dr dee explained patiently

nor, dr burton added, is something interesting just because someone takes the trouble to describe it

victoria squirmed sullenly in her chair

and wished she were outside lying in the grass, with or without her puppy

someone someone someone, she thought

why are they always running on about this so-called someone

where is my fancy man?

and when will it be time for tea?

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the white dog walked loudly over the polished floor

agatha was not amused

but what could she do?

lord marsdale had her in his power, at least until the court finally ruled on uncle frederick’s will

and that might not be for many years

how agatha wished she were a man, or a bird

or even the foolish white dog walking loudly over the polished floor

sometimes she thought she hated the dog even more than lord marsdale

and then suddenly a thought hit her like a thunderbolt

she had never seen lord marsdale and the white dog together!

whole new vistas opened up before her




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