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27. For something sweet, gentle, and funny (but with no real belly laughs) - "Local Hero".

Thu Jun 20, 2019, 05:56 PM

Jun 2019

"Breakfast is at eight; seven in the fishing season. It's not the fishing season."

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The main character is talking with a large group of the men of the village, and a small, crying baby.

"Whose baby is this?"

The men all eye one another nervously.

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The main character looks around at a fog-shrouded Scottish landscape.

"Where are we?"

"The lawst fyoo roadsigns wear in Gaelic. It's noe one o'me languages."

"You speak languages?"

"French, Italian, 'n' Spanish."

"Oh."

"German, Swedish, Turkish, Russian, Finnish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Czech, Hebrew, Arabic, 'n' Polish. I have a facility w/languages..."

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Like I said, no belly laughs, but great stuff all the same...

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For something sweet, gentle, and funny (but with no real belly laughs) - "Local Hero". Aristus Jun 2019 #27

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