tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624877443029680982.post7584771475049875293..comments2023-07-25T08:11:11.078-07:00Comments on Debbie Cowens: Kipling and ‘satiable curtiosity'Debbie Cowenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07345631448431031295noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624877443029680982.post-72456923368358023992014-01-08T17:38:40.014-08:002014-01-08T17:38:40.014-08:00hfiemsioakldkljfhaslkdjfhalkjhfiemsioakldkljfhaslkdjfhalkjAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624877443029680982.post-50937944751442027902014-01-05T07:52:42.469-08:002014-01-05T07:52:42.469-08:00Just wanted to point out that this story has now b...Just wanted to point out that this story has now been Bowdlerized; the version currently in print has had all the spanking taken out of it. I kinda thought that was the whole point. When I heard my wife reading to our kids <i>"Take your nosy nose somewhere else!"</i>, I immediately exclaimed "That's not Kipling! What on earth are you reading there?" Looked over her shoulder at her Nook, and said "Agh, they've censored that. Let me read you the <b>real</b> Elephant's Child." Went straight to Gutenberg and pulled up the original text: my kids enjoyed it immensely.<br /><br />I hate when classics are tampered with. My all-time favorite line, which unfortunately was not in the revised edition: "The next day, when there was nothing left of the Equinoxes, because the precession had proceeded according to precendent..." Sure the kids won't get it, but the adult reading to them needs a laugh too, once in a while.Shalomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667927130052597028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624877443029680982.post-40955440789162579392010-04-21T12:00:04.360-07:002010-04-21T12:00:04.360-07:00Giffy - Rikki-Tikki Tavi is indeed most awesome. ...Giffy - Rikki-Tikki Tavi is indeed most awesome. Just think - soon you'll be able to read it to the wee one as well!<br /><br />Karen - Yeah, I would have thought that curiosity was definitely a good thing for scientists, if not essential.Debbie Cowenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07345631448431031295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624877443029680982.post-71948357488269193892010-04-21T03:36:37.980-07:002010-04-21T03:36:37.980-07:00I used to love the phrase "great grey-green g...I used to love the phrase "great grey-green greasy Limpopo river" and when we learnt about alliteration in 4th form I thought it was pretty cool that I already knew an example... <br /><br />I think spanking was less notable when we were children... possibly even seemed to me like a normal response to an annoying child :-) But reading your description and remembering the story better, I'm getting the impression that Kipling didn't think it was particularly effective way to improve behaviour :-) <br /><br />You'd think curiousity would be a desirable characteristic for scientists too... but our society doesn't exactly reward curious scientistsKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12632748869171277199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624877443029680982.post-91728174723885645722010-04-20T23:54:24.378-07:002010-04-20T23:54:24.378-07:00I think I need to reread me some Kipling. I *love*...I think I need to reread me some Kipling. I *love* Rikki-tikki-tavi.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13388135002670370718noreply@blogger.com