Wow! Smart kid. But I don't understand that you have Bird version. Is it actually published yet? Arianne Laidlaw On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 7:17 PM, Taylor Roberts <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Tonight I read John Bird's version of Prince Oleomargarine to my > 10-year-old son Tomas in a single go before bed. I tried to stop at > the natural half-way mark and resume tomorrow, but my son wanted to > hear the whole story. > > Tomas likes John Bird's version better. While he could not articulate > why (he was tired, should a 10-you be going to bed at 10pm on a school > night?!) he identified many of the differences between John's version > vs. the Stead version. > > In response to the ending of John's version, with MT as frame > narrator, my son concluded, "Mark Twain is pretty smart. He knows what > we're doing." > > And I hoe you have a good night too! :) > > Taylor > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58