A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the CemeteryNineteen side-splitting stories from sri lanka to begin this chronicle of the funny things that have happened to him, muller goes back to his days as a recruit in the royal ceylon navy when the queen of england came a-visiting: the saucy sailors decide to tip her a wink! the second story takes us back to mullers childhood in anuradhapura where two visiting rat snakes turn out to be a railway linesmans grandparents there are further hilarious adventures in the navy, encounters with more snakes of different sizes and lineage, graphic descriptions of jam-making factories, and hazardous days in the gulf effortlessly, muller creates caricatures that leave you helpless with laughter as they highlight the follies and foibles of the human race. |
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... train going down is down train , right ? ' Light in every eye . The word ' down ' is underlined with a flourish . ' Now we will study this . Down . Train is going down . You know that now- ' ' Down the hill , ' a bright voice says ...
... train going down is down train , right ? ' Light in every eye . The word ' down ' is underlined with a flourish . ' Now we will study this . Down . Train is going down . You know that now- ' ' Down the hill , ' a bright voice says ...
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... train ? ' ' By the legs , men ! If I say I go down the well you can go in the well in the train ? This is hell of a buffalo ! ' he tells the rest of the class . Loud cackles . ' Oi , Nimal , ' someone calls , ' you get inside the well ...
... train ? ' ' By the legs , men ! If I say I go down the well you can go in the well in the train ? This is hell of a buffalo ! ' he tells the rest of the class . Loud cackles . ' Oi , Nimal , ' someone calls , ' you get inside the well ...
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... train runs express past stations and stops at signals , which , all agree , is the tradition for express trains all over the world . I have reason to travel from my hometown in Kandy to Colombo . The Intercity is a tolerably swift way ...
... train runs express past stations and stops at signals , which , all agree , is the tradition for express trains all over the world . I have reason to travel from my hometown in Kandy to Colombo . The Intercity is a tolerably swift way ...
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