runny babbit

in case you are in need of a good laugh, i suggest you run, not walk to your nearest bookstore and pick up the last of shel silverstein's masterpieces, Runny Babbit. published post-humously, this little gem is a collection of poems that silverstein made even sillier by transposing most of the first letters of the words.

i bought it for my 7 yr old niece for her birthday. it ended up being kinda a sick joke. the girl is a fabulous reader, don't get me wrong. but i overestimated her ability to find humor in poems that she has to read twice -- once to get the general gist and then more carefully to go back through to switch letters to figure out what the hell it's saying. more sophisticated (or less, depending on your point of view) readers will enjoy them immensely. i did.

so what are you faiting wor? go buy bat thook! (see?)