D. H. Lawrence in Flames
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I love Desiree Baptiste's contribution in part because it's about the murder of a toad and then unconnectedly, or is it the death of a Doberman dog? It's one of the time later. So some, not long after these kids experiment with this poor toad by sprinkling salt on him, not understanding that it would kill him in their defence. They give him a ceremonial burial complete with the Lord's Prayer, they feel the remorse,. Then some Saturdays later, the neighbourhood dog mouths a bufo marinus, which is a highly, highly poisonous toad. I'm grateful for its introduction to the Sanskrit term Kupa Manduka, the proverbial
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