GR translation: the hollow of an upended trunk

[Mike Jing]

OK, that makes sense.  So they are really sitting in a shallow hole in the
ground left by the tree, with roots dangling above from the tree trunk
lying on its side.


On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> It's out of the ground, for sure - whether it's on its side or not is a ?
> but I'd say probably - I mean,  how else?
> http://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=3409766
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>
> Bekah
>
> On Jun 30, 2013, at 9:29 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, but upended trunk is more likely on its side.
> >
> > On Sunday, June 30, 2013, Mike Jing wrote:
> > P371.12-19   Sure enough, in the hollow of an upended trunk, long roots
> fringing the scene like a leprechaun outpost, Slothrop finds one Emil
> (“Säure”) Bummer, once the Weimar Republic’s most notorious cat burglar and
> doper, flanked by two beautiful girls, handing around a cheerful little
> orange star. The depraved old man. Slothrop’s on top of them before they
> notice. Bummer smiles, reaches up an arm, offering the remainder of what
> they’ve been smoking to Slothrop, who receives it in long dirty
> fingernails. Oboy. He hunkers down.
> >
> > Does this actually refer to a tree trunk that's standing upside down and
> partially hollowed out?
>
>
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