And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to 1001 classic short stories and tales. This is your host John Hagadord. We're long

overdue for Giedemopassat story and we have a very good one today. Bull de Swift.

First published in April of 1880, Bull De Swift is one of Giedem Opposat's most famous and important short stories. The

term Bull de Swift is most often translated to English as dumpling, but is also understood in the forms

Butterball, Ball of Lard, and Ball of Fat.

Bull the Swift is the plump female character featured in the story.

In the story, a variety of people are riding in a carriage.

The carriage is populated with a cross section of society,

with Bull to Swift as a prostitute representing the bottom wrong.

You may see a lot of links between this story and the current situation in Ukraine.

Just change the participants.

Mopazat's Bull de Swift is a scathing criticism of the French society of his day.

I hope you enjoy it.

For several days in succession, fragments of a defeated army had passed through the town.

They were mere disorganized bands, not disciplined forces.

The men wore long, dirty beards and tattered uniforms. They advanced in listless fashion without a flag, without a leader.

All seemed exhausted, worn out, incapable of thought or resolve, marching onward merely by force of habit, and dropping to the ground with

fatigue the moment they halted. One saw, in particular, many enlisted men, peaceful citizens, men who live quietly on their income,

bandied beneath the weight of their rifles, and little active volunteers

easily frightened but full of enthusiasm,

as eager to attack as they were ready to take to flight.

And amid these, a sprinkling of red breached soldiers, the pitiful remnant of a division

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