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Vocabulary

chain of sleepy stick elephants

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00"He was sitting up with a sick cow and leaving me a chain of sleepy stick elephants on my bed in the morning."02br
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00Thanks for your help 050010id1
  

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0 What could possibly be the context for this? 0-
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0 A girl is talking about her father. It was something he used to do.0-
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0 Presumably he used to make something out of sticks, little toys or trinkets for her, that look like sleepy elephants. 0-
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0 And what does "sleepy stick" mean? 0-
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0 sleepy elephants made from sticks 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Presumably he used to make something out of sticks, little toys or 11i11font10trinkets12font12i10 for her, that look like sleepy elephants.12blockquote
10Hmm, may I ask of you what does 'trinkets' in this case mean?02br

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0 small ornaments of little value. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10small ornaments of little value.12blockquote
10Thanks nona for your reply. 050010id1
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0 How does the sick cow figure in to this? Is he a vet? And he makes little elephants as he waits to see if the cow is getting better? 0-
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0He was a farmer. I don't know when he was making these elephants. Does it make any difference or you just wanted to know? 050010id1
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