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Show 27, Jeffries, Islamorada "Ah, the Romantic Movement," he winked, "Now I know something about that," and he nodded out to where someone was waiting in the hall, "Clayton I've brought you a little present." A cute little hippie-girl from Kent State came in, looking more shy and nervous than she cared to. "Now remember you two, keep it simple. Cats and rats, eh, Clayton?" "Yes sir," Dorian responded, immediately pulling from between his stone bookends The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, to show him the jolly cover. "Oh that!" his student teacher cried happily, "I know that one, may I. . .?" "By any means," Dorian agreed, and she began challenging all the young minds"-So stacked inside each little new hat. . .?" " 'Nother cat. . ." was their perfect rote response. "And," the principal paused to wag a finger sternly in the last child's face, "you get 'em to stop mixing those upper and lower case letters on the job applications down at the rubber shops, always the mark of a low intelligence-believe me we catch it for that down at the board. . ." "At," Mr. Clayton repeated thoughtfully, "cat. . . catch. . ." |