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large/1868/reginald_0709_librivox_64kb_mp3/reginald_14_saki_64kb
English
1868
It was quite improbable that anyone had, you know, and that's where it stimulated the imagination and took people out of their narrow, humdrum selves. IT WAS QUITE IMPROBABLE THAT ANY ONE HAD YOU KNOW AND THAT'S WHERE IT STIMULATED THE IMAGINATION AND TOOK PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR NARROW HUMDRUM SELVES
 for bullets for about a quarter of an hour, as if she had been an historic battlefield. I hate travelling on Boxing Day, but one must occasionally do things that one dislikes. REGINALD'S RUBAIYAT The other day (confided Reginald), when I was killing time in the bathroom and making bad resolutions for the New Year, it occurred to me that I would like to be a poet. The chief qualification, I understand, is that you must be born. Well, I hunted up my birth certificate, and found that I was all right on that score, and then I got to work on a Hymn to the New Year, which struck me as having possibilities. It suggested extremely unusual things to absolutely unlikely people, which I believe is the art of first-class catering in any department. Quite the best verse in it went something like this-- "Have you heard the groan of a gravelled grouse, Or the snarl of a snaffled snail (Husband or mother, like me, or spouse), Have you lain a-creep in the darkened house Where the wounded wombats wail? BER BOX RECORDING ALL LIBERRIVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORGUE THIS READING BY GRAHAM REDMAN REGINALD SHORT STORIES BY SARKE REGINALD'S RUBAYAT THE OTHER DAY CONFIDED REGINALD WHEN I WAS KILLING TIME IN THE BATH ROOM AND MAKING BAD RESOLUTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE A POET THE CHIEF QUALIFICATION I UNDERSTAND IS THAT YOU MUST BE BORN WELL I HUNTED UP MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND FOUND THAT I WAS ALL RIGHT ON THAT SCORE AND THEN I GOT TO WORK ON A HYMN TO THE NEW YEAR WHICH STRUCK ME AS HAVING POSSIBILITIES IT SUGGESTED EXTREMELY UNUSUAL THINGS TO ABSOLUTELY UNLIKELY PEOPLE WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE ART OF FIRST CLASS CATERING IN ANY DEPARTMENT QUITE THE BEST VERSE IN IT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAVE YOU HEARD THE GROAN OF A GRAVELLED GROUSE OR THE SNARL OF A SNAFFLED SNAIL HUSBAND OR MOTHER LIKE ME OR SPOUSE HAVE YOU LAY IN A CREEP IN THE DARKENED HOUSE WHERE THE WOUNDED WAMBATS WAIL
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