Poetry and literature (was Re: Eighth Grade Education circa - 1895 - - (long)

[Carol]

Carol earlier:
> > How about substituting the jumping frog of Calaveras County?
Surely, no one could object to that.
> 
Lee responded:
> Oh yeah?  Uh, if I remember, it said, "Ketched me a frog..."  Oops!
Here come all the Animal Rights people to object to (1) "Ketchin' a
frog" and (2) enslaving it to jump at your will and not its own.  Do I
see a $50.00 fine for abusing that poor little froggy? <Evil Grin>

Carol responds:

LOL! 

Actually, the line is "Smiley he went to the swamp and slopped around
in the mud for a long time, and finally he ketched a frog, and fetched
him in, and give him to this feller. . . ."

Fortunately, the people who object to these mascots don't seem to have
read the books or stories they're based on. If they had, they'd
probably complain that the school should change its name because the
bad grammar and spelling of Twain's narrators sets a bad example for
the students!

Carol, thanking Lee for the chuckle and thinking that Lee has the
psychology of these complainers down pat