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...Gold! It's Gold!" Flaubert's simpletons are a Mutt & Jeff pair. François Denys Bartholomée Bouvard is fat and gay, Juste Romain Cyrille Pécuchet thin and dour. When they come into some money, they move to Normandy and become gentlemen-farmers, foreseeing "mountains of fruit, torrents of flowers, avalanches of vegetables." Pan and brush in hand, Pécuchet tramps the roads for fertilizer. When others contemptuously hold their noses, Bouvard cries, "But it's gold! It's gold!" Too much "gold" burns out the strawberry patch...
...necessity, the A.K.C. overlooked lesser breeds without the law: still top dog and alltime U.S. favorite (with a population of about 20 million) is the plain dog, the all-American mutt...
...time he was ten, Mickey was catching in peewee baseball, in Oklahoma's Gabby Street league. One day Mutt Mantle caught his son batting righty against a righthander. He sent Mickey home with an ultimatum: "Don't you ever put on that baseball uniform again until you switch-hit like I taught you." Mickey has not failed to switch since...
...father's wishes) and, of course, baseball. During a football scrimmage one day, Sophomore Back Mantle got a kick on the left shin. He limped home from practice and his mother soaked the leg. By the next morning Mickey's whole lower leg was swollen and an ugly blue. Mutt took him to Oklahoma City, where the doctors made a diagnosis of osteomyelitis...
...goes according to plan?Mutt's plan, Casey's plan, Mickey's own plan?Centerfielder Mantle should have a good dozen years ahead of him in the big leagues. The big numeral 7 on Mantle's back should take its place in Yankee legend with the 5 that Joe DiMaggio wore, the 4 that Lou Gehrig wore, and the 3 that Babe Ruth wore (a number now officially retired by the Yankees). That would mean years of recurring headaches for American League pitchers, years of merrily clicking turnstiles for Yank:ee Stadium...