---Tim O'Connor <oconnort@nyu.edu> wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 01:20:26PM -0700, TheSecretGoldfish wrote: > > > slyvia plath lent her copy of catcher to a young girl > > she knew but the girl said something like "it was > > boring" or some demeaning remark about that main > > character and you could tell by the way ms. plath > > wrote about the incident that she (like so many of > > us) instantly condemned the girl for not recognizing > > salinger's "drawing no. 1" as a boa constrictor > > digesting an elephant but saying "why should i be > > frightened of a hat?" > > I think you may be thinking of The Little Prince. (Note to > Francophiles: France's 50-franc note is a veritable riot of > Little Prince details. It's a tribute to Antoine de > Saint-Exupery, and has pictures from the book printed, > laminated, and watermarked into the paper. It's a work of > art in itself; even the fine lines, when looked at under a > magnifying glass, prove themselves to be text from the > book.) > > It makes you wonder why we still have the same old faces on > the same old money.... > > --tim > ms. plath does make some references to the little prince and winnie the pooh too, but she lent catcher to the girl. i use catcher the same way the aviator used the drawing no. 1. if people think it's a hat i don't talk to them about anything important. oh to be french or not to be french, what rotten luck. ... _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com