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...Petersburg, Ind., where water was scarce after a dry spell, Mrs. A. H. Wolven ran a hose to a tub from which her cow might drink. A thirsty rat ran up the hose, plunked into the water. Other thirsty rats heard his gurgling squeaks. Up the hose they ran, one after another. In the morning Mrs. Wolven found 19 drowned rats...
...till a blundering antiquarian stirs them up. If the meddler survives, his invariable rule thereafter is to let sleeping ghosts lie. James sets the scenes of his stories with cunning realism, hearty plausibility; he never needs Bohemia or Walpurgis Night. Imperceptibly the shades thicken; something (it might be a rat) scuffles in a corner; something (it might be the wind) puffs out the curtains; and then...
...most European countries to call a man a camel (French chameau, German Kamel) is merely to call him "stupid" or a "simp." Most insulting in French or German are compounds of animal names such as "You camel-toad-elephant-crocodile-rat-pig!" If a one-word insult is wanted it is hard to do better in French than saligod (filthy beast), in German, schweinpelz (filthy beast...
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...enclosing strip of film of a cat-rat...