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Note: * If Mr. Harbison had owned a slave named Bull, Tom would have spoken of him as “Harbison’s Bull,” but a son or a dog of that name was “Bull Harbison.
Mark Twain • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
වෙල් යායක ගොන් දෙන්නෙක් කකා උනී
ඉං එක ගොනෙක් වල්ගය නැතුව වැනි වැනී
වල්ගය ඇති එකා මැස්සන්ට බැට දුනී
දුප්පත් කමත් වල්ගය නැති ගොන වැනී
Translation
In a paddy field two bulls were grazing
One of them didn't have a tail, and, was staggering
The one with a tail chased the flies away (using his tail)
So, to be poor is as much the same as the bull without a tail!
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Alistair Knox
Kangeroo Wrestles 4 Foot Man! #fearless
youtube.com“It would have been as easy to count or to estimate the number of leaves in a forest as to calculate the number of buffaloes living at any given time during the history of the species previous to 1870,” William Hornaday, who served as the chief taxidermist at the Smithsonian and later as director of the Bronx Zoo, wrote. By 1889, Hornaday reckoned,
... See moreElizabeth Kolbert • Under a White Sky
McNeish’s tomcat, which had mistakenly been named Mrs. Chippy before his sex was determined, also was to be destroyed. There was only food for those who could pull their weight.
Alfred Lansing • Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
He showed the white object under his arm, which was a tiny Maltese puppy, one of nature’s most naive toys. ‘It is painful to me to see these creatures that are bred merely as pets,’ said Dorothea, whose opinion was forming itself that very moment (as opinions will) under the heat of irritation.