Word: tiddlers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...children of his parish to bring their animals to church on the eve of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, famed for his love of animals. Ducks, chickens, cats and guinea pigs by the score turned up at Hereford's Holy Trinity Church. One youngster brought a tiddler (British for sunfish) in a jar. There was a lamb (owner's name: Mary) with its fleece (according to the Associated Press) only slightly soiled, and a pet mouse called Angela. Twenty horses, glossily groomed, but too big for the pews, waited outside...
...full story of their incredible exploit was published, only last week, when the two commanders were awarded the coveted Victoria Cross. Of the third Tiddler, nothing is known, except that just after the Tirpitz was torpedoed a great explosion was heard farther down the highwalled fjord. Apparently, past the worst of the barriers, she and her gallant crew had found a mine...
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