The Owl & The Pussy Cat

[PuppyFluffer]

Older dd picked this out as a board book to read to the baby.

I just read it. Am I the only one who thinks the author was smoking something ?

[PumpkinSeeds]

You are, you are, you are!

[pixiewytch]

Omg, DH and I just crack up over this book. We have one with really elaborate illustrations too. It is so hysterical.

[zinemama]

Totally, dude.

[Blue Dragonfly]

That was the first peice I performed publicly - I wish I could remember it.

DS has a book called Grandma's Sugar Bush. I had to give it away, because I laughed so hard I would not even read it to him.

[applejuice]

If you think Edward Lear was smoking something, have you ever read "The Adventures of Alice Through the Looking Glass"?

Charles Dodgeson was definitely doing something mind-altering while writing those verses.

[Thalia the Muse]

I adore The Owl and the Pussycat. Before we had a kid, I used to recite it to the cat.

[Neth Naneth]

I remember having that book as a kid, I don't remember thinking that the author was under the influence of something but I do remember it was very, very odd.

[applejuice]

There was a film in the late 1960s with Barbra Streisand and George Segal called the "Owl and the Pussy Cat".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Owl...Pussycat_(film)

[Katie Bugs Mama]

I love that poem. My mom swears that I could recite chunks of it when I was two because she read it to me so often.

[SleeplessMommy]

We have the Jan Brett illustrated copy of this book - very lovely!

[barebear]

What I want to know is - What in the heck is a runcible spoon????

[Thalia the Muse]

What in the heck is a runcible spoon????

A spork! No, really, it is. I mean, a nice one, but still. Here's a pic: http://www.runciblespoon.com/Merchan...00001/3071.jpg

[journeymom]

Originally Posted by PumpkinSeeds

You are, you are, you are!

Originally Posted by SleeplessMommy

We have the Jan Brett illustrated copy of this book - very lovely!

Must find this version.

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Hmm, yes, that's a lovely orchid in the upper left corner on the book cover....