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...Mona," another superior song, is a hilarious self-parody of Taylor's melancholy classics. Like "Fire and Rain," "Mona" is an ode to a deceased friend; yet, as the song proceeds, the listener realizes that Mona is not a girlfriend who has committed suicide, but a pet pig whom the singer has disposed of personally...
...carefully watched and reported the small workings of nature, nothing that White wrote is very far removed from the central subject of life and death. In the long run, if there is one, Charlotte's Web should overshadow any number of manifestos. The story of how Wilbur the pig was saved by the unusual weaving skills of Charlotte the spider has taught countless children, many of them now middle-aged, how to weep and exult at the same moment. Wilbur's tribute to his departed benefactor bears repeating, with a nod to the man who created them both...
They brought out the barbecue about 4 o'clock, and when people had had their fill of pig, they drove home to places called Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia and Cherokee. Key Underwood said he never dreamed the thing would get this big. "When Troop got down where he couldn't stand up, I couldn't stand his suffering, so I called the vet. Then after he was gone I called the boys, and they said if ever a dog deserved a decent burial, this one did. I was gonna take him out to the dump, but then I said...
Through the wonder of a nifty designer drug, I was able to attend a real live pig auction in Tumbleweed, Missouri...
...periphery of civilization, I tossed together some of my most cherished belongings, wrapped them in a kerchief, and threw them over my shoulder for sustenance in the hinterland. Several train changes and a limousine ride later (courtesy of my generous editor), I found myself at the famous Pig-N-A-Poke fair in down-town Tumbleweed...