What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Very sad short story about a kitten ( don’t read if you areas soft hearted as I am.)
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Mary
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Sep 08, 2019 12:25PM
In junior high ( 46+ years ago) we read a short story in class that just broke my heart. A young boy found a kitten and brought it home. He fed it and the kitten fell asleep on a over stuffed chair. His drunken father or grandfather came home and sat on it. They boy tried to get his father or grandfather to get up, but he was so drunk he didn’t get up until the kitten had died. I was devastated by this story. Why am I looking for it? I wanted to figure out who would write something so sad. Why on earth would it end up in a school text book? Obviously I won’t read it again.
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It's not "The Kitten" by Richard Wright, although that is a similar terrible story often put into school textbooks.
Rainbowheart wrote: "It's not "The Kitten" by Richard Wright, although that is a similar terrible story often put into school textbooks."I remember that story! I HATED it. It made me so sad.
That is seriously disturbing! WHY would any school think that's okay!?
