My 7-year-old daughter was doing her homework, which consisted of writing sentences based on simple pictures. Sample: Next to a picture of a ball, she wrote "The ball rolled into the street." Her complaints about having to write these sentences often reach the pitch and tenor of an undergraduate penning a term paper the night before it's due.
But I digress. Next to a picture of a goat, she wrote: "Goats eat everything. No note, no goat."
This is a not-so-veiled reference to George Saunders' brilliant Pastoralia, a book she has not yet read. Although I have read it, and apparently, I am also fond of speaking of goats and notes.
No word yet on what her first grade teacher made of the quote.
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