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The Square Egg "I produced a breed of hens that laid an egg which could not roll, however much you might push or jostle it" Birds on the Western Front "a pair of crows engaged in hot combat with a pair of sparrow-hawks, while considerably higher in the sky... two Allied battle-planes were engaging an equal number of enemy aircraft" The Gala Programme "hundreds of women were being lowered by their accomplices into the arena." The Infernal Parliamnet " Constituents are compelled to listen throught to all the speeches. After all, you must remember, we are in Hell" The Achievement of the Cat " Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with

pg 343-467 The Toys of Peace "Of course... These are toys; they are meant to be played with" Hybolic story about grown ups failing to make children grow up faster Louise "You talk as if I'd lost her In a churchyard sense, instead of having temporarily mislid her. I'm sure to remember presently where I left her" Kind of similar to the lost baby story in exposing indifference of feeling where it is conventionally expected to be a bond of parental love. Tea "Thousands of women, at this solemn afternoon hour, were sitting behind dainty porcelain and silver fittings, with their voices tinkling pleasantly in a cascade of solicitous little questi

pg 203-338 The She-Wolf " Of course we must accept your assurance that you didn't turn Mrs. Hampton into a wolf... but you will agree thatt appearances are against you" A more lighthearted prank by Clovis. This time the victim seems to be sufficiently pretentious to deserve humiliation. Laura " I really have some ground for supposing my next incarnation will be in a lower organism... On the other hand I haven't been a bad sort in my way, so I think I may be count on being a nice animal, something elegant and lively, with a love of fun. An otter, perhaps." This is a "denying the supernatural" kind of story one of Saki's best areas. The Boar