“As Someone Once Said” | Will Rogers
From the Grownup Blog at Miss Missy’s School where the author of this family friendly children’s book talks with grownups about what the authors of classic children’s books had to say about writing for children, and more.
Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School by Marica Bernstein.
Illustrated by Caroline Cooper. Old Schoolhouse Road Publishing.
This quote comes from “Chapter X: Zero-One-Two” in Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School. This is a funny chapter! I don’t want to give it away, but the premise is that Bebe thinks she knows how to do something, and Jordan tells her she’s doing it wrong. But she won’t believe him. Even as he tries to explain it to her, she insists she’s doing it correctly. Finally, in frustration, Bebe says,
Those Big Dogs don’t know as much as they think they know. Sitting on the porch all day reading when they could be swimming and doing fun stuff.
After Bebe and Tommy head down to the lake, the Big Dogs have a discussion about the episode and there’s this exchange.
The imperrrtinence of youth. A perrreniel prrroblem,” purred Tiger shrugging his shoulders.
Right on. As someone once said, ‘It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so’,” quoted Gilbert raising his brow.
