Virginija Traskeviciute
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Katherine Webb:
Dear Katherine, I would like to learn about one phrase from "The Unseen", in the very beginning of the book: "It had been a blousy summer day; all diaphanous clouds, with a curling breeze that had caught the donkeys' tails, made them stream out behind them, and made the empty deckchairs billow." THE DONKEYS' TAILS � what does it mean, and what do they here?? I am not an English-speaker. Thank you so much in advance!
Katherine Webb
Hello Virginija, thanks so much for your question, and I hope you're enjoying the book. Well, in England, especially in the past, it was very common for there to be donkeys at the beach - donkeys are like asses - which people would pay for their children to have a ride on, up and down the beach. So in that phrase I'm just setting the scene, with the breeze making their long tails fly out. I hope that makes sense?? Here's a link to the donkey's wiki page!
All best wishes,
Katherine
All best wishes,
Katherine
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