Moving Pictures (Terry David John Pratchett) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги

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Terry explains: “[…] In Moving Pictures and Reaper Man a lot of use is indeed made of, god help me, Victorian street sayings that were the equivalent of ‘sez you’. “Tuppence more and up goes the donkey”, a favourite saying of Windle Poons, comes from the parties of strolling acrobats who’d carry their props on a donkey. They’d make a human pyramid and collectors would go around with the hat declaring that “tuppence more and up goes the donkey” as well. But the donkey never got elevated because, of course, the collectors always needed “tuppence more”.”

“It belongs in the same general category of promise as ‘Free Beer Tomorrow’.”