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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Pagina 12
... fact , the skies seemed to be clearing as we sailed off . The wind was occasionally brisk but we attributed the sensation to the speed of the boat . But after an hour or so of sailing the clouds were definitely heavier and darker and ...
... fact , the skies seemed to be clearing as we sailed off . The wind was occasionally brisk but we attributed the sensation to the speed of the boat . But after an hour or so of sailing the clouds were definitely heavier and darker and ...
Pagina 18
... friends call me Hugh . " " My name is Roberta , friends call me Bobbie , but Roberta will do , " she retorted somewhat dryly , " and I really thank you for pulling me out of the water . " " I did not , in fact . When I - 18-
... friends call me Hugh . " " My name is Roberta , friends call me Bobbie , but Roberta will do , " she retorted somewhat dryly , " and I really thank you for pulling me out of the water . " " I did not , in fact . When I - 18-
Pagina 19
Vacha Masu. " I did not , in fact . When I came to , lying on the shore and noticing you after a while , I thought you were dead and I wondered whether to bury you under a cross . Now I know that such thoughts were totally ridiculous in ...
Vacha Masu. " I did not , in fact . When I came to , lying on the shore and noticing you after a while , I thought you were dead and I wondered whether to bury you under a cross . Now I know that such thoughts were totally ridiculous in ...
Pagina 22
... fact I found her extremely practical and helpful . She much improved the place where we were sleeping . She smoothed the ground on which we slept and made it quite soft by bringing in a lot of leaves and grass . We slept each night ...
... fact I found her extremely practical and helpful . She much improved the place where we were sleeping . She smoothed the ground on which we slept and made it quite soft by bringing in a lot of leaves and grass . We slept each night ...
Pagina 26
... fact that my absences became longer and longer , as time went on , she became angrier and angrier with me even during my shortest stays at home . If it had not been for my lovely daughters in whose presence I experienced the greatest ...
... fact that my absences became longer and longer , as time went on , she became angrier and angrier with me even during my shortest stays at home . If it had not been for my lovely daughters in whose presence I experienced the greatest ...
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Albanians Aroha asked Bacon beer boat Bohunk border bottles Cathy coconuts convent school cooking couple Cuckoo Islands Danley day after tomorrow discussion drink erotic eventually excess wealth eyes Father Cornelius feel felt film fish Foxtown Fred friends girl Hamsa hand happened happy Herb Hua Hua identity document immigrant intelligence interest Jesse Kirk kiss knew labor labor camp Lenin Lily lived looked marriage married married couples meals mind morning Mother Superior mouth-to-mouth resuscitation never night Noa Roa penis perhaps realized refugee camp Robbie Roberta seemed Shiffer Sidney situation sleep Sleeper Society someone soon speak Stalin started stay sure talk thought tomorrow took touch vasectomy waiting walked weeks wife wind woman women wondered young
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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.