{"product_id":"2940013760196","title":"Here's Another","description":"There was a man named Thomas. There generally is. His surname was\u003cbr\u003eThomas, and his Christian name was Thomas, so his full name was Thomas\u003cbr\u003eThomas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is very peculiar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas's family tree had been ringbarked at his father's death, for\u003cbr\u003eThomas was not married, and he was the last descendant of an honorable\u003cbr\u003efamily. It looked as if the family could not descend any further.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis father died in very romantic circumstances. He sprained his ankle\u003cbr\u003ein Macquarie Street, and a young doctor, seeing him fall, ordered him\u003cbr\u003einto hospital and operated on him for appendicitis, so successfully,\u003cbr\u003ethat he died a martyr to science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn his father's death, Thomas became an orphan, because his mother had\u003cbr\u003edied some months before he was born. He graduated as an orphan quite\u003cbr\u003eeasily.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThanks to the commonsense laws of this country, all that was necessary\u003cbr\u003efor him to become a qualified orphan was that both, or all, of his\u003cbr\u003eparents should be dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoor Thomas was cast out into the cruel world to earn his own living.\u003cbr\u003eNo one can realise the horrors of this unless they have had to earn\u003cbr\u003etheir own living themselves, so it is no use trying to explain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was a bit hot on him, being cast out into the world, though.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith tears in his eyes he watched the landlord kick the door in\u003cbr\u003eand seize the furniture his poor old mother had made when she was a\u003cbr\u003egirl. Sadly he locked the landlord in, and set fire to the house, and\u003cbr\u003ethen started out for the cold, hard city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe had nothing, not even a cat. Not a solitary bell tolled him to come\u003cbr\u003eback and be a Lord Mayor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoing along the road, he struck a kindhearted motorist, who gave him a\u003cbr\u003elift. Or, rather, the motorist struck him. He was lifted about eight\u003cbr\u003efeet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe continued on his way, and at last, after many vicissitudes too\u003cbr\u003enumerous to mention, entered the city on his hands and knees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he was crawling along in the gutter, a big man in a motor car sliced\u003cbr\u003ehis ear off with the mudguard, and then, pulling up, greeted him with a\u003cbr\u003ehearty laugh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I can see by your attitude,\" he said, \"that you are looking for work.\u003cbr\u003eYou look miserable enough to work for practically nothing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I might employ you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How long is it since you've had a meal?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Three weeks,\" said Thomas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat was a lie, as he had only been without food for two weeks. Which\u003cbr\u003ejust shows you the low cunning of some people.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068916908272,"sku":"2940013760196","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013760196_p0.jpg?v=1763589891","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013760196","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}