The staffcudgelledtheir brains for a solution, but, finding it impossible to find one, they gave the writer a rise so that the next instalment could go to press.
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It reminds roe of the fable of the fractious mule who kicked down his stable and wascudgelledby his owner the next morning for destroying his property.
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Less severe offenders would becudgelledtop down, with a lethal first blow to the neck.
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Shibu gives first aid to a grandma who has beencudgelledby a thief, minds the wailing baby, finds a doctor, and recovers the stolen gold chain.
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