Love and Fantasy in the Cuckoo IslandsWesma Publishers, 2003 - 167 pagini A story of romance and adventure in the South Pacific, involving a castaway who treks across several islands and meets a number of colorful characters, including a spy, an intelligence officer and refugees, as well as charming girls and women. The hero settles down in his new country and joins a club, whose members discuss the world situation at the end of the second millenium |
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... better than just walking around the harbor and looking at some pseudo - colonial landmarks like an old townhouse or a crumbling lighthouse , a fish - farm and a farm with sheep and deer . The excursion was a bit pricey , but then ...
... better than just walking around the harbor and looking at some pseudo - colonial landmarks like an old townhouse or a crumbling lighthouse , a fish - farm and a farm with sheep and deer . The excursion was a bit pricey , but then ...
Pagina 13
... empty lifesaver . I tried to reach for it , thinking that it would be better to have two rather than one . but before I could seize it even that one vanished , just huge waves , up and down on them , the wind blowing water into your - 13 -
... empty lifesaver . I tried to reach for it , thinking that it would be better to have two rather than one . but before I could seize it even that one vanished , just huge waves , up and down on them , the wind blowing water into your - 13 -
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... better one than none . " I took his advice very seriously and within a couple of months I was married to her , having impregnated her by several halting and amateurish attempts at love making . Better one than none . She really did not ...
... better one than none . " I took his advice very seriously and within a couple of months I was married to her , having impregnated her by several halting and amateurish attempts at love making . Better one than none . She really did not ...
Pagina 30
... better if I stay , since a boat might appear and I want to be here when that happens . " And lo and behold , she gave me a kiss as I was leaving . I took with me a basket which we had constructed out of small bamboo twigs and put into ...
... better if I stay , since a boat might appear and I want to be here when that happens . " And lo and behold , she gave me a kiss as I was leaving . I took with me a basket which we had constructed out of small bamboo twigs and put into ...
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Pagina viii - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear!
Pagina viii - O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice? While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off, and near. Though babbling only to the Vale, Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird...
Pagina 145 - But there is another factor which should be taken into account," the Yid joined the discussion, "namely, the desire of the public to be entertained at whatever cost.