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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Rudyard Kipling - can sit by the fire and sing...

Hi,

....So, Binkie's the same as the First Friend was,
And I am the Man in the Cave!

First Friend?
the Man in the Cave?

These are allusions to certain characters of a certain book or something?

Mus-te
  

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I don't think so—he is just talking about the first human who domesticated his first dog. Don't be misled by Kipling's frequent capitalizations—they are a combination of the style of the times and Kipling's own predilection.

  • I don't think so—he is just talking about the first human who domesticated his first dog.
  • Don't be misled by Kipling's frequent capitalizations—they are a combination of the style of the times and Kipling's own predilection.
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I don't think so—he is just talking about the first human who domesticated his first dog. Don't be misled by Kipling's frequent capitalizations—they are a combination of the style of the times and Kipling's own predilection.

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