Lisa ate normally, until she realised that she was late for choir, when she sped up.

'... since Obama is an advocate of the principles of democracy, it should be clear to him that someday the Fakestinian majority in Jordan will take over the reins in Jordan and establish a formal Fakestinian state there'

Calcareous lias, slate, and trap are still to be found there, rising from layers of conglomerate like teeth out of a gum. But the pickaxe has broken up and levelled those bristling, rugged peaks which were once the homes of the eagles.

As soon as night begins to spread its darkening shadows over our brief twilight, this active creature [the morepork] sets out on its hunting excursions, roaming over field and gully with soft, noiseless flight, one of the advantages it owes to its flocculent plumage; …