1. Littérature générale
  2. Poésie

EAN13
9791041987092
Éditeur
CULTUREA
Date de publication
29 février 2024
Nombre de pages
102
Dimensions
22 x 17 x 0,6 cm
Poids
173 g
Langue
eng

The Old Soldier's Story

James Whitcomb Riley

CULTUREA

Prix public : 19,00 €

Since we have had no stories to-night I will venture, Mr. President, to tell a story that I have heretofore heard at nearly all the banquets I have ever attended. It is a story simply, and you must bear with it kindly. It is a story as told by a friend of us all, who is found in all parts of all countries, who is immoderately fond of a funny story, and who, unfortunately, attempts to tell a funny story himself—one that he has been particularly delighted with. Well, he is not a story-teller, and especially he is not a funny story-teller. His funny stories, indeed, are oftentimes touchingly pathetic. But to such a story as he tells, being a good-natured man and kindly disposed, we have to listen, because we do not want to wound his feelings by telling him that we have heard that story a great number of times, and that we have heard it ably told by a great number of people from the time we were children. But, as I say, we can not hurt his feelings. We can not stop him. We can not kill him; and so the story generally proceeds.
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