Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for May 26, 2020

George is concerned??

I tried reading it. I never could get into it.

Good ol’ “Classics Illustrated.” I once had some of those.

Just say " NO " to peg legs ;-)

Did you listen when anyone asked you that, George?

Saying that Ahab had some OCD issues is like saying that it’s chilly and damp and the lighting isn’t very bright at the bottom of the Challenger Deep.

Read your classic literature, kids.

They just closed the peg leg store near us. First the Sears, now this. What times!

Poor Moby they only wanted him for his En"LIght"ment.

Do they still make “Classics Illustrated” comics?

OK Hammy, you can have a peg leg. Just don’t spit your last breath at anyone.

Not a venereal disease.

Until I read the story, I thought Moby Dick was some sort of venereal disease.

George probably just likes techno music. And then Verne showed up and made things all complicated.

What’s in a name?? Talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill. They are making a whale out of a gold fish.

Very clever of George to name him Moby, and perhaps he thinks Moby will continue to grow bigger and bigger

Another male name. Sigh.

I do love George’s request!

Hunh. Now I KNOW we’re in trouble: OTH is looking pretty darn normal.

I read the book in 7th grade or so. We were watching Gregory Peck (as Ahab) in the movie on TV, and I was totally smitten. I exclaimed, “He’s mine!” and my mother shot back, “I saw him first! He’s =mine=!” And we both laughed. Good memory. The book was impossibly, ridiculously overdetailed, not only about whaling. I remember a long, long passage where Ishmael was going into a church. Took him forever. There are little chapters with titles, and these went something like: The Sidewalk. The Steps. The Door. The Foyer. The…(etc.). Boooooring! I was all like, “Where’s Ahab?? Get to the hot crazy guy who looks like Gregory Peck!!”

Wow! I remember Classic Comics!