Selasa, 18 Januari 2011

The Toys of Peace | by Saki

What?  Saki, the author of the short story Tobermory, was British and not Japanese?!

Okay, disbelief over.  But seriously, I had no idea the guy wasn't Japanese. 

It's one of those moments of mistaken identity that really shakes up my paradigm and my other long-held beliefs.  Like when I discovered Jordan Sparks wasn't a guy after all--but a woman.  And that it's not Jordan, but Jordin.  Etc.


Back to Saki, aka H. H. Munro (or Hector Hugh Munro).  You'll love his Tobermory--whatever your feelings are about cats--especially ones trained to talk.   

And since this is supposedly a toy blog, Saki has a short story too about toys.


In the story an uncle presents to his unimpressed nephews their unlikely toys--experimental and totally peaceable.

"It's a municipal dust-bin," he says, hoping to take their mind off violent guns and miniature soldiers.

But of course, you know what happens to experiments.

Read The Toys of Peace

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