‘YOU MIGHT AS WELL FALL FLAT ON YOUR FACE AS LEAN OVER TOO FAR BACKWARD’ – James THURBER (from ‘The Bear Who Let It Alone’ in the New Yorker of 29 April 1939).
First prize Rhidian Llewellyn, South Africa
Runners-up Emma Corke, Abinger Hammer, Surrey; Gerry Fairweather, Layer Marney, Essex
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