This dialogue is from a recent email chain… it’s controversial, I know, but still a good discussion topic, especially for those Torah-observant. I’ve reversed the order of messages so it reads first to last, down the page.

Person A:

It just came to me: When reading the works of A.A.Milne while living a torahcentric life, one’s favorite character not only should not be but also cannot be… Piglet. Alas for those of us who admired his loyal nature and moments of superior intelligence when contrasted with the bumbling Pooh bear.  

 

Quite possibly Charlotte’s Web should not be on the top of our reading list either. Isn’t it a wile of the Devil to ingratiate pigs into the homes of unknowing families through the interest of their children? Fie upon pigs, and may their true garbage-eating, slob-living, abominable habits be speedily recognized and abhorred.

 

 

Person B:

 The way I see it is, A.A. Milne was writing about stuffed animals – not the real things.  So we’re off the hook there, and besides, you really couldn’t be anyone but Piglet.

 Charlotte’s Web is a different matter entirely.  The moral of the story far outweighs the…um…means of telling it, I guess…

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