Sunday, February 22, 2009

Bill Brauer The Gold Dress

Bill Brauer The Gold DressUnknown Artist Muhammad Ali pop artUnknown Artist Bruce LeeUnknown Artist Audrey Hepburn
Take it, dear," said the nurse. "Wouldn't you rather have a nice woolly bear, though? Or a pretty doll?"
She opened a drawer where some soft toys lay like dead things. Lyra made herself stand and pretend to consider for and tied the oilskin pouch around her waist.
"What about my coat and boots?" she said. "And my mittens and things?"
"We'll have them cleaned for you," said the nurse automatically.
Then a telephone buzzed, and while the nurse answered it, Lyra stooped quickly to recover the other tin, the one containing the spy-fly, and put it in the pouch with the alethiometer.
"Come along, Lizzie," said the nurse, putting the receiver down. "We'll go and find youseveral seconds before picking out a rag doll with big vacant eyes. She had never had a doll, but she knew what to do, and pressed it absently to her chest."What about my money belt?" she said. "I like to keep my toy in there.""Go on, then, dear," said Sister Clara, who was filling in a form on pink paper.Lyra hitched up her unfamiliar skirt

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