The Holiday Round by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
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"What was the man's name?" "Margery," I said reproachfully, annoyed at the interruption, "you know I NEVER tell you the man's name." "Tell me now." "Oswald," I said, after a moment's thought. "I told Daddy it was Thomas," said Margery casually. "Well, as a matter of fact, he had two names, Oswald AND Thomas." "Why did he have two names?" "In case he lost one. Well, one day this man, who was very poor, heard that a lot of money was waiting for him in a ship which had come over the sea to a town some miles off. So he--" "Was it waiting at Weymouf?" "Somewhere like that." "I spex it must have been Weymouf, because there's lots of sea there." "Yes, I'm sure it was. Well, he thought he'd go to Weymouth and get the money." |
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