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It's difficult to prove humour with extracts because they lose their effect out of context. But what about this passage about the relationship between the husband and wife?
"Right after breakfast one May morning he drove into the yard astride a horse large enough to have been sired by an elephant. Carelessly looping the reins over a gatepost he informed me that I was to steer this monster while he ran along behind holding the plow. All went reasonably well until Birdie, the horse, stepped on my foot. “She’s on my foot,” I said mildly to Bob who was complaining because we had stopped. “Get her off and let’s get going,” shouted the man who had promised to cherish me."
I thought that was funny. Despite having the weight of a huge horse on her foot, she is mild and retains her dignity - he however shouts and loses his rag. And the last phrase "shouted the man who had promised to cherish me" I thought both humorous and also indicative if the strength of their relationship, based on a healthy realism that doesn't rely on idealistic romanticism to sustain itself.
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