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mrmikel · 10-03-2008, 11:51 AM

Humor from the British Trenches of World War I.

A snippet: The occasion that established his reputation with the pen was a Natural History essay. We were given five sheets of foolscap, two hours and our own choice of subject. I chose the elephant, I remember, having once been kind to one through the medium of a bag of nuts.

Frederick D. Milroy headed his effort "The Fert" in large capitals, and began, " The fert is a noble animal " He got no further, the extreme nobility of the ferret having apparently blinded him to its other characteristics.

Out of copyright in Canada and US, author died 1930, so may be out of copyright most places.

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10-03-2008, 11:51 AM	#1
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	Crosbie, Garstin: The Mud Larks,v1, 03 Oct 2008 Humor from the British Trenches of World War I. A snippet: The occasion that established his reputation with the pen was a Natural History essay. We were given five sheets of foolscap, two hours and our own choice of subject. I chose the elephant, I remember, having once been kind to one through the medium of a bag of nuts. Frederick D. Milroy headed his effort "The Fert" in large capitals, and began, " The fert is a noble animal " He got no further, the extreme nobility of the ferret having apparently blinded him to its other characteristics. Out of copyright in Canada and US, author died 1930, so may be out of copyright most places. [Attachment deleted by moderator]