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Agarista Posted 14 years ago
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" The wild horses gallop over the plains as they did in our childhood; the charcoal burner still sings the old songs that we danced to as children."
I know what a charcoal burner is, but I don't understand what it means here.
I know what a charcoal burner is, but I don't understand what it means here.
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It is literal and generic—any charcoal burner you might name. EDIT: It occurs to me that you perhaps don't know what this charcoal burner is. It's what they call a man who makes charcoal by burning large masses of wood under controlled conditions.
- It is literal and generic—any charcoal burner you might name.
- EDIT: It occurs to me that you perhaps don't know what this charcoal burner is.
- It's what they call a man who makes charcoal by burning large masses of wood under controlled conditions.
- They spend their lives moving across the land, looking for more wood to use, and they stay awake for days on end tending the pile so it doesn't burn away.
- They are a thing of the past in the modern industrialized world.
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It is literal and generic—any charcoal burner you might name.
EDIT: It occurs to me that you perhaps don't know what this charcoal burner is. It's what they call a man who makes charcoal by burning large masses of wood under controlled conditions. They spend their lives moving across the land, looking for more wood to use, and they stay awake for days on end tending the pile so it doesn't
EDIT: It occurs to me that you perhaps don't know what this charcoal burner is. It's what they call a man who makes charcoal by burning large masses of wood under controlled conditions. They spend their lives moving across the land, looking for more wood to use, and they stay awake for days on end tending the pile so it doesn't
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It occurs to me that you perhaps don't know what this charcoal burner is. It's what they call a man who makes charcoal by burning large masses of wood under controlled conditions. They spend their lives moving across the land, looking for more wood to use, and they stay awake for days on end tending the pile so it doesn't burn away. They are a thing of the past in the modern indus
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