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A home-economics teacher was trying to encourage her third-graders to try new foods. The teacher had a piece {of venison,} which she cut up[Note]{into little squares.} She placed the pieces {on spoons} and gave them {to each} {of the children.} "Now, boys and girls, the game we're going to play today is to taste this new food, and to guess the name {of the animal} {from which} this meat came," the teacher said. "I'll give you a hint -- it's a name that sometimesyour mommy calls your daddy when he comes home {from the office."} There was a long pause. Finally a youngster {in the back} exclaimed, "Don't
eat it!"
Executive SpeechWriter Newsletter,
in Readers Digest, Feb, 93. 57.
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