Here's a transcript of a little book I made at eight years old, living in St. Paul, Minnesota, two weeks before the Apollo 12 mission launched. The original is made of folded graph paper with a stapled cardboard cover, in purple and green ink. Kidthink . . .
This is . . .
Nov. 4th 1969
Table of Contents
This is the start
This is the start
This is a cart
This is the cart at the start
This is a knee
This is a key
This is a knee on a key
This is rough
This is tough
This is rough and tough
This is some tea
This is a flea
This is a flea in some tea
This is some meat
This is obsolete
This is meat that is obsolete
This is some shrimp
This is a blimp
This is some shrimp in a blimp
This is a boy
This is Troy
This is a boy at Troy
This is a snail
This is a nail
This is a snail on a nail
This is a fact
This is an act
This is a fact, act
This is a pool
This is a fool
This is a fool in a pool
This is a fence
This is dense
This is a dense fence
This is queer
This is a pier
This is a queer pier
This is a friend
This is a bend
This is a friend on a bend
This is . . .
The End
Color Craft and Company
CopyRight 1969 by Erik France
Do you like it?
[Inside back cover:]
This is mine
Erik F.
This is a book
This is a crook
This is a crook stealing the book!
[Book at top: Abbie Hoffman, Steal This Book, 1971].
Today's Rune: Initiation.
7 comments:
I'd really like to see a scan of the original
I saw the above post before i saw this one and my first thought was...So this is where Abbey Hoffman got the idea from.
Old Abbey wasn't that original of a thinker although quite nuts by accounts I've heard from people who knew him.
I am glad to see you were no stranger to psychedelic drugs back in the 60's Erik. ha ha ha ha ha
Quite a little Dr. Seuss, but with political awareness! lol. This is cool.
I thought that was cute, I liked it.
Erik, I'm probably the fool in the pool! Cute--wish my Mom woulda saved some of my stuff.
Somewhat reminiscent of Green Eggs & Ham, I think.
I've got a copy of the original, which I gave to my son a few weeks ago-- he's finding it fascinating.
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