Augustus Does His Bit
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What! You mean to tell me that when the lives of the gallantfellows in our trenches, and the fate of the British Empire, depend onour keeping up the supply of shells, you are wasting money on sweepingthe streets?
THE CLERK. We have to. We dropped it for a while; but the infant deathrate went up something frightful.
AUGUSTUS. What matters the death rate of Little Pifflington in a momentlike this? Think of our gallant soldiers, not of your squalling infants.
THE CLERK. If you want soldiers you mu...st have children. You can't buy emin boxes, like toy soldiers.
AUGUSTUS. Beamish, the long and the short of it is, you are no patriot. Go downstairs to your office; and have that gas stove taken away andreplaced by an ordinary grate. The Board of Trade has urged on me thenecessity for economizing gas.
THE CLERK. Our orders from the Minister of Munitions is to use gasinstead of coal, because it saves material. Which is it to be?
AUGUSTUS [bawling furiously at him]. Both! Don't criticize your orders:obey them.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
What! You mean to tell me that when the lives of the gallantfellows in our trenches, and the fate of the British Empire, depend onour keeping up the supply of shells, you are wasting money on sweepingthe streets?
THE CLERK. We have to. We dropped it for a while; but the infant deathrate went up something frightful.
AUGUSTUS. What matters the death rate of Little Pifflington in a momentlike this? Think of our gallant soldiers, not of your squalling infants.
THE CLERK. If you want soldiers you mu...st have children. You can't buy emin boxes, like toy soldiers.
AUGUSTUS. Beamish, the long and the short of it is, you are no patriot. Go downstairs to your office; and have that gas stove taken away andreplaced by an ordinary grate. The Board of Trade has urged on me thenecessity for economizing gas.
THE CLERK. Our orders from the Minister of Munitions is to use gasinstead of coal, because it saves material. Which is it to be?
AUGUSTUS [bawling furiously at him]. Both! Don't criticize your orders:obey them.
What to read after Augustus Does His Bit?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Shaw Bernard to read onlineMoreLess
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