Henri Rousseau The Snake Charmer

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everyone was having fun. And then . . . and then ...”
“I want to know everything,” said Magrat.
“Well . . . well . . . then there was this bit I can’t really
remember. It was something to do with the acting, I think. I
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mean, suddenly . “Oook ook eek. Ook! Ook!”
“Cough, Julia! Over the bender!” said the Bursar.
“I didn’t understand what the Librarian said,” said Magrat.
“Um. We were all present at an interdimensional rip,”. . suddenly it all seemed real. Do you know what I mean?”“No.”“There was this chap with a red nose and bandy legs and he was playing the Queen of the Fairies or something and suddenly he was still him but. . . everything felt. . . every-thing round me just vanished, there was just the actors . . . and there was this hill ... I mean, they must have been good, because I really believed ... I think at some point I remember someone asking us to clap our hands . . . and everyone was looking very strange and there was this singing and it was wonderful and ... and ...”“Oook.”“Then the Librarian hit me,” said Ponder simply.“Why?”“Best if he tells it in his own words,” said Ponder.