![]() ![]() It's the natural, original sin that is born in him that makes him do things like that." A dog like that don't want any encouragement. ![]() He put his leg into the jam, and he worried the teaspoons, and he pretended that the lemons were rats, and got into the hamper and killed three of them before Harris could land him with the frying-pan. He came and sat down on things, just when they were wanted to be packed and he laboured under the fixed belief that, whenever Harris or George reached out their hand for anything, it was his cold, damp nose that they wanted. If he can squirm in anywhere where he particularly is not wanted, and be a perfect nuisance, and make people mad, and have things thrown at his head, then he feels his day has not been wasted." Montmorency's ambition in life, is to get in the way and be sworn at. There's Harris and George, the fox-terrier Montmorency, and the author, called here J.Īs they are preparing their bags, the dog makes his presence known: "Montmorency was in it all, of course. The author and two friends determine to take a leisurely trip in a boat up the Thames from London to Oxford. ![]() Jerome's first book, nor was it his last - but it was and is and presumably will always continue to be one of the most wonderful of writings in the English language. Three Men in a Boat has survived these many years, I believe, because of its eloquent diction, dry wit, and a commonalty of frustration that you and I are bound to have with the simple accouterments of everyday life. ![]()
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