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The Giraffe ManorThe Giraffe Manor, built in 1932 by Sir David Duncan, is surrounded by 140 acres of its own park and forest thirty minutes from the centre of Nairobi, Kenya's capital city, with superb views of the Ngong Hills. In 1974... more

If you consider that when we write onomatopoeias we tend to use plosive, and often aspirated, consonants for quick or sharp sounds, e.g. slaP, TiCK, ToCK, CliCK, KnoCK (the "k" used to be said), BarK, whoP, TweeT, CHirP, et cetera. Consider the words typical for more... more

In the tale of the Pied Piper, we have a village overrun with rats. A man arrives dressed in clothes of pied (a patchwork of colors) and offers to rid the town of the vermin. The villagers agree to pay a vast sum of money if the piper can do it - and he does. He plays music on... more

this is one of the best paintings i have seen on the net

Entertaining. Tell it what book you just finished reading (assuming, of course, that you liked the book) and it will tell you what amazon.com and LibraryThing think you should read next (assuming, of course, that you want to read something similar).

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From the page: "Here is a simple, yet challenging puzzle to give your brain a workout. See if you switch each frog to the opposite side? Sounds simple enough. Click on a frog to move it Good luck!"

I normally go out of my way to not take advice from giraffes, but this long necked khaki-clad freak knows its onions and ducks