{"id":995,"date":"2007-02-05T14:27:14","date_gmt":"2007-02-05T21:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=995"},"modified":"2007-02-05T15:27:47","modified_gmt":"2007-02-05T22:27:47","slug":"well-you-cant-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/995\/well-you-cant-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"“Well, you can’t talk…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month we started a new “tradition” in our house.<\/strong> Now that the four boys are old enough to sit still, every night we read a chapter from a “chapter book.” When we’re finished with the book, we rent the movie and watch it. We started with Because Of Winn Dixie<\/a>. It was a great experience.<\/p>\n

Last night I read chapter five of Charlotte’s Web<\/a>.<\/strong> I enjoy doing it. It’s a great time with the boys and it takes my mind off work and blogs. At least it did, until I got to this part of the story.<\/p>\n

“It’s a miserable inheritance,” said Wilbur, gloomily”. He was sad, because his new friend was so bloodthirsty. <\/em><\/p>\n

“Yes, it is,” agreed Charlotte. “But I can’t help it. I don’t know how the first spider in the early days of the world happened to think up this fancy way of spinning a web, but she did, and it was clever of her too. And since then, all of us spiders have had to work the same trick. It’s not a bad pitch on the whole.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“It’s cruel,” replied Wilbur, who did not intend to be argued out of his position. <\/em><\/p>\n

“Well, you can’t talk,” said Charlotte. “You have your meals brought to you in a pail. Nobody feeds me. I have to get my own living. I live by my wits. I have to be sharp and clever, lest I go hungry. I have to think things out, catch what I can, take what comes.” (White, 1952, pp. 39-40)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It shouldn’t be a stretch to see where my head went, but I’ll explain anyway.<\/p>\n

The past few days have been Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month we started a new “tradition” in our house. Now that the four boys are old enough to sit still, every night we read a chapter from a “chapter book.” When we’re finished with the book, we rent the movie and watch it. We started with Because Of Winn Dixie. 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