Word: moppetous
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...close pal of Hungarian-born Cineminx Eva (Ten Thousand Bedrooms) Bartok. The mystery was why he had visited Eva, 28, at her mother's cottage in a London suburb two days in a row last week. Also there to greet Milford Haven was Eva's mystery moppet Deana, born to her last October in London almost a year after her divorce from her fourth husband. Eva had refused to name the father-though brightly adding that "I know who he is." As the marquess strode from the cottage after a ten-hour get-together, shivering newshounds outside helpfully...
Fortunately, all three writers reach the same happy conclusion: Christmas is here to stay. This comes as no surprise to children's-book publishers. Whatever happens, it is always Christmas for them: the moppet market has become a mainstay of U.S. publishing...
...favorite turtle. The fun has worn a little thin by the time Eloise takes Nahnee, the turtle and her collection of champagne corks back to the Plaza, where Room Service is ever so happy to have her back. All in all, though, she is a magnificent moppet-une brat magnifique, as she might...
Author Kerr goes on to spoof interior decorating, domestic pets, diets and operations. It's a pity that she does less of what she does best, literary parodies. She confines herself to a hilarious take-off on the morose moppet, Franchise Sagan (TIME, Dec. 10, 1956) and an equally funny spoof of Mickey Spillane called "Don Brown's Body." Sample: "I was going into Longchamps when this tomato waltzes by. She was a tomato surprise. A round white face with yellow hair poured over it like chicken gravy on mashed potatoes. Her raccoon coat was tight...
...years to live with a vicar's family and learn proper manners. Then he brought her back and married her. They lived happily together for 47 years, and had 15 children-such a family that once at a Christmas party, when he leaned down to ask a moppet, "And whose little girl are you, my dear?" she burst into tears and sobbed, "I'm yours, Daddy...