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Tartarin of Tarascon

by Alphonse Daudet · 1872

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In the first place you must know that everybody is shooting mad in these parts, from the greatest to the least. The chase is the local craze, and so it has ever been since the mythological times when the Tarasque, as the county dragon was called, flourished himself and his tail in the town marshes, and entertained shooting parties got up against him. So you see the passion has lasted a goodish bit.

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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
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Audience
childrens
Length
short · 82 pages

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