>"A Frickin' Elephant"
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>Jake is 5 and learning to read. He points at a picture in a zoo book and
>says,
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>"Look Mama! It's a frickin' Elephant!"
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>Deep breath ... "What did you call it?"
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>"It's a frickin' Elephant, Mama! It says so on the picture!"
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>and so it does.
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>'A f r i c a n Elephant '
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>Hooked on phonics! Isn't it wonderful?