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Article: Alas, dish made of quince has no storybook ending
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 7, 1988
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I enjoy reading about the fantastic lives other people are
leading.
Lately one fun couple whose fortunes I have been following is
the Owl and the Pussycat.
For those of you who haven't been keeping up with your Little
Golden Books, here is a quick summary of their lyrical life as
reported by Edward Lear.
It is a shipboard romance. The Owl and the Pussycat, who
already harbor some feelings for each other, as well as a fair amount
of disposable income, take a cruise to the tropics.
He serenades her. She, moved by his ardor and by the ticking of
her biological clock, agrees to marry him.
They dock the ship in a land full of bong trees and enterprising
natives. One local quickly ...