lead pencil

As soon as the ceremony was concluded, all the furniture in the room joined in singing a beautiful song, which had been composed by the lead pencil, and which went to the melody of a military tattoo.
Lorsque le mariage fut fini, tous les meubles de la chambre entonnèrent une jolie chanson, composée par un crayon, sur l’air de la retraite.
To write on its charts to the 1/50 000, it employs the same large pen since years, and it has recourse to a soft lead pencil to carry information necessary on the plasticized charts.
Pour écrire sur ses cartes au 1/50 000, il emploie le même gros stylo depuis des années, et il a recours à un crayon gras pour porter les informations nécessaires sur les cartes plastifiées.
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