So, Mr. Digence, home to visit the family?"

"That's right. My mother's folks are from Killarney."

"Oh, really?"

"O'Reilly, actually. But what's a vowel between friends?"

"Very good. You should be on the stage."

"It's funny you should mention that."

The passport officer groaned. Ten more minutes and his shift would have been over. "I was being sarcastic, actually. . ."

"Because my friend, Mr. McGuire, and I are also doing a stint in the Christmas pantomime. It's Snow White. I'm Doc, and he's Dopey."

The passport officer forced a smile. "Very good. Next."

Mulch spoke for the entire line to hear. "Of course, Mr. McGuire there was born to play Dopey, if you catch my drift."

Loafers lost it right there in the terminal. "You little freak!" he screamed. "I'll kill you! You'll be my next tattoo! You'll be my next tattoo!"

Much tutted as Loafers disappeared beneath half a dozen security guards.

"Actors," he said. "Highly strung.

Eoin Colfer

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Hat dich jemand reinkommen sehen?"
"Ja, das FBI, die CIA, die NSA, die DEA und das MI6. Ach ja, und die GPB."
"Die GPB?"
"Gesamte Polizeibelegschaft.

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aurum est potestas

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Red was smiling back at me. “Ok. I'm not in trouble. But tell me your heart didn't start beating for the first time in a month.”

I couldn't deny it. So I didn't.

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Ma was using her for-company voice. Sweet on the outside but with an underlying death threat.

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I'm not impressed

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Sounded like girls. Mixed feelings on that score. He didn't despise them with the same passion he used to. In fact, Benny suspected that there would come a time in the not-too-distant future when he might develop a mysterious interest in them.

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Benny was awake again. Happened every morning.

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In spite of what youngsters think, parents do not get a sneaky thrill out of punishing their children.

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The two of them went down in a heap, with not even a turkey to break their fall.

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