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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1962Vol. XXXII, No. 7

Poussiquette?

p. 95 · Read in the full issue

Est La Poussiquette?

you are given to collecting literary pieces you might to add Le Hibou et la iquette to what you’ve got. a free translation—very -into French of Edward 5 nonsense verses, The Owl he Pussy-cat. The culprit ancis Steegmuller and the ' decorative drawings are lonique-Alika Watteau. ; Owl and the Pussy-cat, if emember, went to sea a beautiful pea-green boat: took some honey, and lenty of money ipped up in a five-pound ote” •ou and Minou, according ; French version: allerent a la mer une barque peinte en te-canari; rirent du miel roux et ucoup de sous les dans une lettre de lit.” ich is more or less the thing, with added French and sophistication, ists will be relieved to that there is no French ise at the end of it, and Hibou made Minou the quette a good, honest a in the best traditions of respectability. ied by Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd.