Has anyone ever heard of a childrens' book called _Never Tease A Weasle_?
My husband had this book as a kid and he's been telling me about it
forever.  He didn't know what had happened to it, but we went to babysit
our neices tonight and he found it!  Still had his name scrawled in the
front cover.
 
It's a very cute story with some cute drawings of what look like ferrets.
It's written in sort of a Dr. Suessish way, but it was written by Jean
Conder Soule and illustrated by Denman Hampson.  Says it was published in
1964 by Parents' Magazine Press.
 
The text of the book goes like this (I've refrenced it, so I don't think
this is plagarism, but BIG if you think it is can you at least leave in
the last phrase?):
 
You can knit a kitten mittens
And perhaps that cat would purr.
You could fit a fox with socks
That exactly matched his fur.
 
You could make a goat a coat
With a collar trimmed in mink;
Or give a pig a wig
In a dainty shade of pink.
 
But never tease a weasel;
This is very good advice.
A weasel will not like it
And teasing isn't nice!
 
You could make a riding habit
For a rabbit if you choose;
Or make a turkey perky
With a pair of high-heeled shoes.
 
You could make a collie jolly
With a gay crocheted cravat;
Or make a possum blossom
In an Easter Sunday hat.
 
But never tease a weasel,
Not even once or twice.
A weasel will not like it
And teasing isn't nice!
 
You could build a mouse a house
With a chimney made of bricks.
You could give a dove some gloves
And a set of walking sticks.
 
But never tease a weasel.
There! Now I've said it thrice.
A weasel will not like it-
And teasing isn't nice!
 
You could give a mule a pool
And some jaunty swimming trunks;
Send a case of Spanish lace
To a pair of lady skunks.
 
You could give a fish a dish
For her favorite seaweed stew;
Send three frogs some sailing togs
And a yachting cap or two.
 
But never tease a weasel.
Now I can't be more precise.
A weasel will not like it,
And teasing isn't nice!
 
You could bake a drake a cake
For his special birthday treat;
You could braid a bug a rug
To make his bug house neat.
 
You could feed a spider cider
Or perhaps pink lemonade;
Or give a moose some juice
To sip on in the shade.
 
But never tease a weasel.
Now remember what I've said!
It's more fun to please a weasel
And be friends with him instead.
 
I just looked this book up on Barnes and Noble and it could be worth as
much as $70!  That's cool!
 
Leigh
[Posted in FML issue 2667]