In Dickens’ original handwritten manuscript you will find the name Melchior Boot struck out and replaced with Herbert Pocket.
Before settling on Herbert Pocket as the name of this character, Dickens considered calling him:
a. Melchior Boot.
b. James Smith.
c. Peckinpaw Piddle.
d. Merrymount Sleeve.
How To Navigate The Urge To Merge With Compassion And Empathy: A Remedial Instruction Manual For Supreme Court Justices, Presidents, And Others Of The Ilk
There was an odd man with a beard
who had twenty siblings – how weird
It’s no wonder that he
spouted nonsense for free
That artistic odd man with a beard
Bloodline Hawkface sat on the floor
Bloodline Hawkface gazed at the door
Bloodline Hawkface gasped in fright
When Spewing Gore gushed in from the right
To batter him with fists of steel
Bloodline Hawkface shouted, ‘Yes!
I did it! I did it! I confess!’
Detective Sergeant Inspector Dial
Allowed himself a triumphant smile
The new queen moved through her gathered horde of subjects in stately dignity flanked by her green bladed bodyguards. Individual blossoms shoved and jostled to gain position for a better view.
‘They say she has snaggletusks. Can you see? Does she have snaggletusks?’ asked a young bloom hopelessly blocked somewhere on the outerest edge of the crowd.
‘Do not be ridiculous,’ snorted a neighboring senior blossom. ‘Her beauty is unsurpassed. Everyone knows that. Snaggletusks, indeed.’
‘But can you see? Can you see?’ insisted the young bloom.
Another nearby lavender fellow spoke up, saying, ‘I can see the very tiptop of her head. My view is otherwise blocked by her guard.’
‘That is so,’ agreed others, nodding.
The new queen swept on and disappeared behind the doors of the great castle. The crowd dispersed, for the most part mumbling contentment. The young bloom, however, muttered to herself, ‘I bet she has snaggletusks.’
In the castle, the queen was ravenous. She eyed the great mound of food brought and set before her. She smiled, unsheathing her snaggletusks.
Here Didi and Gogo are listening to Lucky as he explains:
a. the best way to remove wrinkles from an elephant.
b. why tennis is a game to be subdued at all costs.
c. how corporations douse the ember of hope.
d. when how is why.
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