(January 30th to February 5th)
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It was a ‘Noah’s Ark’ picnic; and there was to be the usual arrangement of quarter-mile intervals between each couple, on account of the dust. |
This is from the opening of “False Dawn” in Plain Tales from the Hills. Some young people from a remote station go out to a picnic and ride in pairs so as to avoid the dust, hence a Noah’s Ark picnic. Two sisters are in love with on of the young men, but in the confusion of a dust storm he makes the dreadful mistake of proposing to the wrong one. |
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He went into the nursery, unearthed the now disused Noah’s Ark, and sucked the paint off as many animals as remained. |
This is from “Baa Baa Black Sheep” collected in Wee Willie WInkie. Little Punch Is in dreadful trouble, having felled a bully at school, and run at Harry with a knife, Aunty Rosa will beat him as will Harry. There is no escape and he decides to lick off the poisonous paint, which Aunty Rosa has said will kill him. |
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The old man kindly answered them: |
This is from ‘The Sailor’ in ‘ A Truthful Song’. A team of shipwrights have been working on a vessel in Blackwall Basin when a white-haired old man comes up to see them at work. He proves to be Noah. |
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