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THE PARABLES OF PILJOSH
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Mistrust the Bridegroom who appeareth at his wedding with sticking-plaster on his chin [or "without sticking-plaster," &c.—the Styptic is capable of either interpretation.—Trans.]
- Note.—Then I will humbly say that it must be a peculiarly elastic tongue. But in either form the Proverb is meaningless.—H. B. J.
"What!—My Original dead?" cried the Statue. "Then I have lost all chance of ever becoming celebrated!"
- Note.—This is an obvious mistranslation, since a Statue is only erected when the Original is already celebrated.—H. B. J.
"What is your favourite Perfume?" they asked the Hog, and he answered them, "Pig-wash."
"How vulgar!" exclaimed the Stoat. "Mine is Patchouli!"
But the Fox said that, in his opinion, the less scent one used the better.
- Note.—This merely records the well-known physiological fact that some persons are born with-
