Elspeth and I are in dire need of help. We cracked open Cars and Trucks and Things That Go tonight and began our happy pursuit of Goldbug. This book is a staple from my childhood and I never cease to find delight in the corn, pickle, mustard, and other various foodstuff-inspired vehicles on each page.
Do you own this book? If not, go out and buy it immediately.
If you do own this book, please, please, drop everything you are doing RIGHT NOW. Find your copy and turn to pages 44-45. The pig family is picking out corn from Aunty Pastry's farm stand (Pa is taking a taste--he is such a, yes, you guessed it). Do you see Mistress Mouse winning the race? And Joe's long purple bigshot car? Joe looks as if he is about to choke on his cigar.
I have studied these pages for a short eternity and I cannot find Goldbug anywhere. Neither can Elspeth--and I am beginning to think my old hero R. Scarry forgot to slip him in. This can't be true! I would have remembered it as one of the greatest disappointments of my childhood!
Please. Please. Help us. WHERE IS GOLDBUG???
I'm not even sure I'll be able to sleep tonight.
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6 comments:
This is serious business, but I'm afraid I can be of no help. My suspicion is that you have a faulty version of the text. A bad scrivener perhaps? On 44-5 of my copy, we have the full race scene spanning the whole of both pages. Mistress Mouse, the bigshot car, and all. Down in the bottom right corner is the unmissable Gold Bug at the wheel of the "sun-roof car," basking in his own inimitable goldness.
The pig family is wolfing kernels on 46-7 (with a trio of little piggies in the "corn car" nibbling as they roll). And there's trusty Gold Bug, doing his Gold Bug dance atop Grandma's purple steam tractor.
For the record, my copy is 69 total pages.
So the bad news? It looks like the text-compressors robbed you of a Gold Bug.
The good news? Ya ain't crazy yet.
--Chris Gardner (who quietly stalks the Cockroft clan from San Marcos, Texas)
Ah, HAH!
Thank you, thank you, informational and kind Chris Gardner in San Marcos!
Using your detailed descriptions, my visiting mom and I just figured this one out. Our book was suffering from excessive love, so I TAPED it back together with LOTS of tape. Looks like I adhered page 45-46 backwards so our copy proceeds oddly from auto race into peaceful corn scene, back to the auto race that ends abruptly with the chickens being raced after by the nasty wolf wagon.
My mother is now removing the tape so we can fix our book. Elspeth will be so pleased.
I will be able to sleep tonight.
So--it WAS due to my craziness and NOT to the text-compressors.
Well, sorry about the crazy, but Calloo! Callay! for remended books. Sleep tight, and thanks for the ever-entertaining blog.
--gardner
You should have queried Waldo.
He normally knows about matters of that sort.
Oh, I remember that book. I used to dream about it at night! That and the classic Go, Dog, Go. This is a dog party. Do you like my hat?
I also love Go, Dog, Go, especially when the male dog finally capitulates:
Do you like my hat?
Yes! I like it! I LIKE that party hat!
I guess this is what the female dog has been waiting for, because then off they go into the sunset, looking not at all responsible. And then you know how SO many dogs got to be on top of that tree.
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