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indie bookshop in Sydenham, SE London | open since 1966
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At one time dad and I were camping out of doors,
We were woken all night by Erinaceus's snores.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
My dad would bring in injured ones from the garden.
He'd lie if they went on to die, beg his pardon.
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Romany people would cook him in clay
And the cumbersome spines would thereby come away
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Whenever endangered, he rolled to a ball
Let us all do the same, whether long, short or tall.
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The poor little blighter was covered in spikes.
No wonder haiku defeated him. Yaiks!
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Matador (toy) - Wikipedia
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November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Heston meets Festen
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Ten years ago, when I was first diagnosed with high blood pressure, my doctor said: "Say goodbye to cheese".
My reaction: you don't know me, friend
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
ha ha
November 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Having said that, I am thrilled to have read TWO translations of something so utterly stupid.
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
*does a bit of discreet googling* Ah, those dreaming spies
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I hasten to add, this is because of its presentation. My Flemish is hopeless. They didn't teach it at Oxford when I was there.
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
And, as you can imagine, my idea of depth is pretty trivial.
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I only got depth, I missed the other two personally. Could just be me.
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I will read it at some point, if only out of curiosity.
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I want them!!
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Yes! I feel I should read it really. There's a film of that too.
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I've also been reminded of this. I saw the film (excellent) and my library found an old translation into English (by E M Prince)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charact...
Character (novel) - Wikipedia
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November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM