Word: grasses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Nairobi in British East Africa the monkeys jabbered noisily as they swung themselves from the mangrove to the coconut palm and clambered about the juniper and olive trees. The chattering stopped; curious faces peered through the leaves toward the ground where a disconsolate lion roamed through the tall grass...
...various directions by the bustard, the secretary-bird, the ostrich, the stork. In the distance, the crashing and the rumbling of a passing elephant could faintly be heard. At the edge of a lake, a giant buffalo bellowed loudly for its mate; a frightened puff adder shot through the grass with incredible speed...
Nine Blades of Grass, with awful textureties...
...could Captain Greenough's team ever defeat, such a combination as this? The answer to the question is not lacking. The Nassau combination which had torn the grass off in the Stadium a week ago, slipped and floundered vainly on its own sod. Gone was the vicious charge; gone was the impregnable defense: the Tiger had become a purring kitten...
COBRA?The snake makes drama still, even as when Eve first found it in the grass. Mostly melodrama...