THE TOYS OF PEACE by SAKI
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 17 December 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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"The Toys of Peace" by Saki: The uncle of two young boys attempts to replace their toys of war with toys of peace- and gets a predictable response #SAKI #thetoysofpeace #shortstory
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| 0:27.0 | So, is he a plumber? |
| 0:28.0 | Technically not, but he's got a van. The The We have a treat for all of you today at 1001 classic short stories and tales with this hilarious classic from H.H. Monroe, also known as Saki. |
| 1:06.0 | Monroe was a British writer, |
| 1:08.0 | born in 1870 in British Burma, |
| 1:10.0 | and died in 1916 in a foxhole in France in World War I |
| 1:14.5 | where a sniper killed him moments after he told his comrade |
| 1:18.0 | to put that damn cigarette out |
| 1:20.2 | knowing that the burning end of a cigarette made a good target for night |
| 1:24.0 | snipers. He was a prolific writer best known by the name Saki whose witty stories |
| 1:29.2 | often poked fun at Edwardian society for its stiffness and today's story the Toys of Peace is no |
| 1:36.4 | exception. The story begins as Eleanor the mother of two young boys who have been |
| 1:41.0 | playing too much with army figures instructs her brother |
| 1:43.8 | Harvey to give them peace toys as an Easter present. It doesn't work out too well |
| 1:48.7 | for Eleanor as the story unfolds and we're reminded that parents face the same issues with young boys a century ago. |
| 1:55.0 | And now the Toys of Peace by Saki. Harvey, said Eleanor Bope, handing her brother a cutting from a London |
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