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Naturally such simple jokes have considerable appeal to children , and so they are passed round in schools and families . I like particularly the joke about Van der Merwe and the rondawel , a type of building common in South Africa and ...
Naturally such simple jokes have considerable appeal to children , and so they are passed round in schools and families . I like particularly the joke about Van der Merwe and the rondawel , a type of building common in South Africa and ...
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A coloured man hovering at her elbow put an arm round her and bought her another gin . It seemed to steady her for a while . But when she shuffled a across to a noisy party of Norwegians she was still weeping bitterly into her chubby ...
A coloured man hovering at her elbow put an arm round her and bought her another gin . It seemed to steady her for a while . But when she shuffled a across to a noisy party of Norwegians she was still weeping bitterly into her chubby ...
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The cottage stood white against woods under its rounded , grassy hill . Beside it — and this I had not ... His sheepdog was carrying on with abusive , half - strangled barks , eager to round us up and run us off the place . “ Tyd onna !
The cottage stood white against woods under its rounded , grassy hill . Beside it — and this I had not ... His sheepdog was carrying on with abusive , half - strangled barks , eager to round us up and run us off the place . “ Tyd onna !
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