One was a Possum, with one of those sharp, snooting, snouting sort of faces, and the other was a bulbous… — Norman Lindsay
One was a Possum, with one of those sharp, snooting, snouting sort of faces, and the other was a bulbous, boozy-looking Wombat in an old long-tailed coat, and a hat that marked him down as a man you couldn't trust in the fowl-yard.
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