Word: grippe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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World War II introduced a croaking note of tragedy; two ravens were killed by German bombs; one died of old age. His relict, Pauline, forced her enthusiastic attentions on Gripp, the surviving male. Gripp and his wife, Mabel, an intensely monogamous couple, were so outraged that they beat up Pauline. She died of her wounds...
Last month gloom deepened; Mabel disappeared. Gripp was grief-stricken. Then he too disappeared. In inner Tower circles it is suspected that Mabel's kidnapper kidnaped Gripp to keep her company. All over Britain farmers offered replacements...
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