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I read this story by J. B. S. Haldane when I was a kid and have never forgotten it. http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/rats.pdf http://www.arvindguptat

• dhosek 6y ago
  I'm thinking I may read it to my kids as their bedtime story tomorrow night. I'll have to include some editorial explanations since the idea of marrying one's daughter off as a prize seems a bit odd now, although when I first read this at age seven or so, I don't think it occurred to me that it was odd.
  • _0ffh 6y ago
    I think it's about being young, you just tend to take all kinds of things in your stride. I'd guess that's because there's just so much you don't know yet that it's just normal to stumble over new things and concepts all of the time. So odd, surprising things are just not that odd or surprising.
• ggm 6y ago
  This is in "my friend Mr Leakey" which is a collection of JBS Haldane children's stories, published by puffin books