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Some say the bird is on the wing But that's absurd, the wing is on the bird!

Tim Magennis on Isle of Wight Liked to curse and fight When he trained as a boxer.... As soon as he clocks her He tried to make everything right. There was a young lady from Whipsnade

I loved this, when I read it.

Thank you Raven

Actually it's a lot easier because card is stiffer than paper and holds the folds and thus shape better. If that was made of paper it would collapse under it's own weight - it's difficult to tell the size there. You can see the alarm clock behind it here (using that to help it stand for the photo) and that might give a better idea of size

Congratulations Raven

This is what I built today

A diet of chocolate and cheese Caused Rodney to expand at the knees He widened his girth Amid very much mirth Then asked for some more, please

A pirate's parrot named Polly St Butty With its swearing drove everyone nutty It couldn't be staid

There once was a chap from Wetwang Whose farts made a sound that fair sang... When a small one let off In his trousers he coughed

There once was a chap from Wetwang Whose farts made a sound that fair sang... When a small one let off

I bought an Amazon Fire tablet because it was easier than my 10” tablet to hold for reading and I did actually buy a Kindle book whilst reading the paperback because I thought that the type was a little small in the paperback. I just prefer the hard copy most of the time. The Complete Works of Charles Dickens Kindle that I bought was 49p, could not resist that! I do love the instantaneous download of Kindle books and Project Gutenberg has loads available for free (that you can keep), so it has broadened my reading experience.

Thank you for that and I will still be here, I won't forget the warm welcome and the fact that you took me in when I had nowhere else to go.

Yes, I prefer the hard copy over Kindle. I do have many Kindle books however and some books that I want to read are only available in Kindle so I do use it. I'm loving The Pickwick Papers though and don't mind that it's a chunky paperback. I'm reading that even although I have Charles Dickens complete works on Kindle (The paperback gave me a list of characters which I found useful).

I did not finish this. The violence got too much for me in the end. That said, I thought that it was well written and easy to understand. Not to my personal taste, however. What do you think?

Surprised myself by finding out that I've read 21 of these. And like Raven, have some on my shelf or on Kindle.

Absolutely not. And it is a great poem. Thanks for taking part, this is precisely the point of the game, to introduce poems that no-one has ever seen before and old standards that are still good enough to read.

I'm currently enjoying it in paperback and, as far as I can make out, am about 30% in. Fortunately I can keep reading it until I'm finished - 748 pages in my copy!

Ah. Thank you.

I looked for Hayley's review and could not find it. If one of the mods can tack mine on to the end of her's I'll be happy

As far as I'm aware, Charles Dickens gave us the Christmas that we celebrate now. Saw a TV program on that once (can't remember the name of said program)

"You are old, father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head -- Do you think, at your age, it is right? "In my youth," father William replied to his son, "I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." "You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before, And you have grown most uncommonly fat; Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door -- Pray what is the reason for that?" "In my youth," said the sage, as he shook his grey locks, "I kept all my limbs very supple By the use of this ointment -- one shilling a box -- Allow me to sell you a couple?" "You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak -- Pray, how did you manage to do it?" "In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law, And argued each case with my wife; And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw, Has lasted the rest of my life." "You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as every; Yet you balanced an eel on the tend of your nose -- What made you so awfully clever?" "I have answered three questions, and that is enough," Said his father. "Don't give yourself airs! Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff? Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs. You are Old Father William, Lewis Carroll

It is. I'm reading them at one a year but I'll need to read more than that to stay connected.

Thank you. We have book 2 (and book 3) in the house so I'll get a look at that as soon as - the TBR is piling up, lol

Of course!