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Page 50
The soldiers had knocked it down and piled on top of it , and it was clumsily
kicking out at them with its enormous leaden boots . One of the soldiers
squeezed a ribbed rubber tube near the copper head , and the monster , giving a
hoarse rattle ...
The soldiers had knocked it down and piled on top of it , and it was clumsily
kicking out at them with its enormous leaden boots . One of the soldiers
squeezed a ribbed rubber tube near the copper head , and the monster , giving a
hoarse rattle ...
Page 66
The soldiers woke up , jumped out of bed and began to pull on their trousers . A
rat fell out of a trouser leg . It ran about the barrack room , and the terrified
soldiers , their eyes bulging improbably , climbed on to their beds and ...
The soldiers woke up , jumped out of bed and began to pull on their trousers . A
rat fell out of a trouser leg . It ran about the barrack room , and the terrified
soldiers , their eyes bulging improbably , climbed on to their beds and ...
Page 211
The men were lying on the ground , their faces flushed and their tunics
unbuttoned , lazily singing : ' Soldiers , brave soldiers Where are your wives ?
Our loaded cannon , These are our wives . ' The officer sat on the verandah of the
inn ...
The men were lying on the ground , their faces flushed and their tunics
unbuttoned , lazily singing : ' Soldiers , brave soldiers Where are your wives ?
Our loaded cannon , These are our wives . ' The officer sat on the verandah of the
inn ...
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