Tanglewreck
“It was late at night.
Abel Darkwater and Mrs Rokabye were sitting over the fire in the study. Silver was fast asleep in her bed. The great house Tanglewreck was keeping watch over its new prisoners.
At eight o’clock that evening, Sniveller the manservant had delivered fish, chips and peas and jam roly-poly pudding to Silver in the little wooden-panelled rooms that sat by side on the third floor of the house. He put down the plate, and knocked out a huge dollop of tomato sauce on the side.
‘The ...more you eat the bigger your feet,’ Sniveller had said, putting down the plates. ‘Eat today, gone tomorrow.’ ‘Are you talking to me or someone else?’ said Silver.
‘I don’t know who and neither do you. Ignorance is a closer friend than knowledge.’ ‘Why is this house full of clocks?’ asked Silver.
‘Why is the sea full of fish?’ replied Sniveller.
‘Why do your trousers only come down as far as your knees?’ ‘But my legs come down as far as my feet.’ ‘But you aren’t wearing any socks or shoes,’ said Silver.MoreLess
Abel Darkwater and Mrs Rokabye were sitting over the fire in the study. Silver was fast asleep in her bed. The great house Tanglewreck was keeping watch over its new prisoners.
At eight o’clock that evening, Sniveller the manservant had delivered fish, chips and peas and jam roly-poly pudding to Silver in the little wooden-panelled rooms that sat by side on the third floor of the house. He put down the plate, and knocked out a huge dollop of tomato sauce on the side.
‘The ...more you eat the bigger your feet,’ Sniveller had said, putting down the plates. ‘Eat today, gone tomorrow.’ ‘Are you talking to me or someone else?’ said Silver.
‘I don’t know who and neither do you. Ignorance is a closer friend than knowledge.’ ‘Why is this house full of clocks?’ asked Silver.
‘Why is the sea full of fish?’ replied Sniveller.
‘Why do your trousers only come down as far as your knees?’ ‘But my legs come down as far as my feet.’ ‘But you aren’t wearing any socks or shoes,’ said Silver.MoreLess
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