That’s Thumper the Rabbit talking to Bambi’s mother in the beautiful opening sequence of Walt Disney’s 1942 film when all the gentle animals of the forest come to see the newborn deer.
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In his essay “Boy Culture,” E. Anthony Rotundo cites examples of 19th-century boys tormenting woodchucks and maiming unoffending insects. Even urban boys would return to…
Now I think all of us intellectually understand the need to set land aside for when we’re gone. But there’s a long term problem even…
Finding a real jack of all trades is indeed like finding a bird of paradise in Wisconsin. But you might not want to let Jack…