A Frickin Elephant
ENWILSON
Published
08/11/2008
>Some five-year old students are learning to read.
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>Yesterday one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said, "Look at this! It's a frickin' elephant!"
I took a deep breath, then asked..."What did you call it?"
"It's a frickin' elephant! It says so on the picture!"
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>And so it does...
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>" A f r i c a n Elephant "
>Hooked on phonics! Ain't it wonderful?
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> Now that's funny, I don't care who you are.
>
>Yesterday one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said, "Look at this! It's a frickin' elephant!"
I took a deep breath, then asked..."What did you call it?"
"It's a frickin' elephant! It says so on the picture!"
>
>And so it does...
>
>" A f r i c a n Elephant "
>Hooked on phonics! Ain't it wonderful?
>
> Now that's funny, I don't care who you are.
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