This sentence begins in paragraph two on page one:
"She did not look more than five years old, if as much, but what her natural figure was like, it would have been hard to say, for she had on apparently two, if not three dresses, one above the other, and over these a thick red woollen shawl wound round about her, so that the little body presented a shapeless appearance, as, with its small feet shod in thick, nailed mountain-shoes, it slowly and laboriously plodded its way up in the heat."
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Now imagine that sentence in the original language of Swiss-German.
I read on for a bit but I'm afraid Heidi failed to reel me in. I vaguely recalled opening the book when I was maybe twelve and doing the exact same thing. Determined to read at least some good novels before watching their corresponding films, I opened Ian McEwan's Atonement. This is the first sentence:
"The play - for which Briony had designed the posters, programmes and tickets, constructed the sales booth out of a folding screen tipped on its side, and lined the collection box in red crepe paper - was written by her in a two-day tempest of composition, causing her to miss a breakfast and a lunch."






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.dream bright.
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"Here's to the creation of meaning!"
~ Lou King
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Shelter me, o genius words
Just give me strength to pen these things
And give me peace to will her wings
And oh-oh carry on, all you minstrels of the world
We will catch our lady's ear
We will win for us the girl
--The Minstrel's Prayer by Cartel
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"Here's to the creation of meaning!"
~ Lou King
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Shelter me, o genius words
Just give me strength to pen these things
And give me peace to will her wings
And oh-oh carry on, all you minstrels of the world
We will catch our lady's ear
We will win for us the girl
--The Minstrel's Prayer by Cartel
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when one candle is used to light another, the new flame is not the same as the old flame, and yet the first flame directly causes the second.
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"Here's to the creation of meaning!"
~ Lou King
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when one candle is used to light another, the new flame is not the same as the old flame, and yet the first flame directly causes the second.
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"Here's to the creation of meaning!"
~ Lou King
Awesome name. Was it by any chance inspired by the Jewel song, 'Life Uncommon'?
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Searching my heart for it's true sorrow
This is what I find to be:
That I am weary of words and people
Sick of the city, wanting the sea.
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