The Light Fantastic (Terry David John Pratchett) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги

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This is one of those candlesticks with a flat, saucer-like base, a short candleholder in the middle and a loop to grip it by at one side. ‘Wee Willie Winkie’ is a Mother Goose nursery rhyme, and traditional illustrations always show Willie going upstairs carrying a candle.

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,

Upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown.

Rapping at the windows, Crying through the lock,

‘Are the children all in bed? For it’s now eight o’clock.’