The Abstemious Ones

September 22, 1962 P. 32

September 22, 1962 P. 32

The New Yorker, September 22, 1962 P. 32

John Franklin Waltermire, of Westfield, New Jersey, age twelve, whose stationary announces that he is a Collector of Reptile and Amphibians, recently sent the following note to a fellow-collector in Louisiana; "Would you please tell me if all the animals you have in captivity have eaten while you have had them. If not, would you please let me know which ones have not." He received the following reply: "All have eaten except John, Nellie, Sam, Bozo, George, Margie, Bill, Eliza, Zora, Smitty, Jumbo, Ezeral, Paul, Frank, Francis, Daniel, Slimie, Pete, Pat, Patrecia, Carry, Pauline, Big Boy, and June. The other 986 have eaten."

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