Phi Delta Kappan
A COLLEAGUE at ECS, whose ear-liest years were spent on a U.S. Air Force base in Germany, recalls that the first book he ever heard read to him as a child is Der Strummelpeter, a collection of German morality tales for children. In this book, boys who suck their thumbs have the offending digit unceremoniously dispatched by the tailor’s scissors. Children who don’t finish their dinner starve to death. And many,many other amusing anecdotes. You get the picture...