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A short story within the novel has become well known in its own right in popular culture. The story,[15] read aloud in a schoolroom in England, is about a Dutch boy who saves his country by putting his finger in a leaking dike. The boy stays there all night, in spite of the cold, until the villagers find him and repair the dike. In the book, the boy and the story are called simply "The Hero of Haarlem". Although the hero of the dike-plugging tale is nameless in the book, Hans Brinker's name has sometimes erroneously been associated with the character. This small tale within Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates has generated numerous versions and adaptations in media. American poet Phoebe Cary—at whose New York City literary gatherings Dodge was a regular guest[16]—wrote a lengthy poem about it called "The Leak in the Dike", published posthumously in 1873,[17][18] which has been widely anthologized in books of poetry for schoolchildren.[19] Cary also gave the boy a name: Peter. The tale has also inspired full-fledged children's books of its own, which include: The Hole in the Dike, by Norma Green (1974)The Boy Who Held Back the Sea, by Lenny Hort (1987) Statues of the boy and the dike.RC
For tourism purposes, statues of the fictional dike-plugging boy have been erected in Dutch locations such as Spaarndam, Madurodam and Harlingen. The statues are sometimes mistakenly titled "Hans Brinker"; others are known as "Peter of Haarlem". The story of the dike-plugging boy is, however, not widely known in the Netherlands—it is a piece of American, rather than Dutch, folklore. [20][21] [Link]
" . . . the pandemic was vastly overexaggerated by health authorities."The Grammar Nazi picks a low hanging nit. "overexaggerated" is a redundancy [Link]
Good Optics, now that was a totally uncalled comment of yours, don't you think ?Dude, have a chill; no one is picking on you. I was belabouring an old joke about the idiotic Baby Bush that has nothing to do with you
Good OpticsThis is why communication when not done face-to-face can be so difficult, but adults understand that sometimes things can't be fully comprehended in the moment, and friends typically know, especially long-time friends, who their friends are and who are just neighbors.Good Optics, now that was a totally uncalled comment of yours, don't you think ?Dude, have a chill; no one is picking on you. I was belabouring an old joke about the idiotic Baby Bush that has nothing to do with you
Good OpticsFurther, and it follows, this is why masks are so harmful for children. Children need to make good friends when they are young and if they are wearing masks all the times it becomes even more difficult. So let us contemplate a bit into the future assuming the children growing up now are alive then, you can rest assured some of them will have emotional difficulties due to the stress pushed upon them for nefarious reasons when they were young. Seriously.Good Optics, now that was a totally uncalled comment of yours, don't you think ?Dude, have a chill; no one is picking on you. I was belabouring an old joke about the idiotic Baby Bush that has nothing to do with you
Question: How does international orchestration morph into 'slipping up'?
Answers on the back of a standard brown Ministry of Health envelope, please.