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Book review: if you give a mouse a cookie.

I know it's been a while but the folks lock the door now after bedtime and it's hard to get out to post. But I stole the Father's phone tonight so I can post this. Forgive me if there are typos. I'm not bothering to learn how to type with my thumbs as I expect my generation will do something completely different. I first picked up "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" as part of a collection of such books about what could happen if you give certain animals certain things. First, what I don't like. Pretty much at every turn of the page I find myself in the shoes of a weak little boy who can't even stand up to a mouse. Now a moose I can understand. If a moose comes to my window demanding muffins and jam, there is little room for refusal. But, for example, the second sentence in the first paragraph: "If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to ask for a glass of milk. When you give him the milk,...." Hold it right there-"when&