This is . . .

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This is obsolete

This is meat that is obsolete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.