The Last Continent (Terry David John Pratchett) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги

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Because Banjo Patterson, poet and author of many fine Australian tales, wrote a narrative poem called The Man from Snowy River, telling of a man who rode a creature “something like a racehorse undersized”.

Patterson’s other writing credits include the lyrics to ‘Waltzing Matilda’, which gives him a strong claim to have invented the idea of the Australian hero, which is what the old man is trying to turn Rincewind into. See also the annotations {50}, {51}, {52}, {57}.