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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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what does this mean?
And if the fat hasn't fallen off them, why, they’re still fat.
(This is from a story "three billy goats" and I don't understand the meaning of this sentence")
(This is from a story "three billy goats" and I don't understand the meaning of this sentence")
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That sounds like the last line of a fairy tale. It was considered good to be fat in the old days. It meant you weren't starving to death, and you weren't deathly ill.
- That sounds like the last line of a fairy tale.
- It was considered good to be fat in the old days.
- It meant you weren't starving to death, and you weren't deathly ill.
- The bit about the fat falling off them is simply absurd and is meant to be.
- The fat cannot fall off them; therefore, they are still fat.
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That sounds like the last line of a fairy tale. It was considered good to be fat in the old days. It meant you weren't starving to death, and you weren't deathly ill. The bit about the fat falling off them is simply absurd and is meant to be. The fat cannot fall off them; therefore, they are still fat. You see that sort of thing in the old-fashioned fairy tale endings, and practically nowhere else
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