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 11
... women , the type of crowd you can encounter at airports , harbors , or even those railroad stations that serve resorts . The captain was assisted by a crew of two , one helped with the mechanics of sailing , the other made himself ...
... women , the type of crowd you can encounter at airports , harbors , or even those railroad stations that serve resorts . The captain was assisted by a crew of two , one helped with the mechanics of sailing , the other made himself ...
Pagina 15
... woman . The situation obviously created an obligation for me to bury the body before the ocean and possibly sharks could reclaim it . Gathering all the strength I could muster , I crawled to the body . That seemed to give me a bit more ...
... woman . The situation obviously created an obligation for me to bury the body before the ocean and possibly sharks could reclaim it . Gathering all the strength I could muster , I crawled to the body . That seemed to give me a bit more ...
Pagina 16
... woman gone ? How could she disappear ? Oh , perhaps she just needed to get up to relieve herself . I felt , actually , such a need myself . I felt much stronger after such a long and peaceful sleep . I got up , looked around , walked a ...
... woman gone ? How could she disappear ? Oh , perhaps she just needed to get up to relieve herself . I felt , actually , such a need myself . I felt much stronger after such a long and peaceful sleep . I got up , looked around , walked a ...
Pagina 17
... woman was splashing water . " Hi ! " I called , and received a " hi ! " in return . She had found there not only fresh water but even some coconuts , using the shells as vessels for drinking . She seemed to have recovered more ...
... woman was splashing water . " Hi ! " I called , and received a " hi ! " in return . She had found there not only fresh water but even some coconuts , using the shells as vessels for drinking . She seemed to have recovered more ...
Pagina 19
... woman , rather too much hair ( though that was a fine protection against sunshine ) , a fairly big nose , and tall ... women get rather fat after thirty , not to speak of forty or fifty . After the brief ritual of self- introduction as ...
... woman , rather too much hair ( though that was a fine protection against sunshine ) , a fairly big nose , and tall ... women get rather fat after thirty , not to speak of forty or fifty . After the brief ritual of self- introduction as ...
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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.