278-Oscar Wilde: Skyrockets in Flight
Myths and Legends
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I've Seen the World, the Roman Candle Growled.
The story says that the king knew two songs, and which one he would play, or was playing at any given moment, was a mystery even to him. He played a five minute flute solo to celebrate his son's wedding to the princess and bowed to thunderous applause. The castle pyrotechnic had carried the squib from the workshop outside the wall to the height of the palace gardens,. So he was pretty well travelled, you fool, you complete knave. That's not the world. That's just the castle. The world is like four times bigger than that. H talking about the world, the roman candle growled.
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