[js2]

Sibling comments have made their point. I'll just add:

“But the book was on the shelf…”

“On the shelf? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find it.”

“That’s the display department.”

“With a flashlight.”

“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”

“So had the stairs.”

“But look, you found the book, didn’t you?”

“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on a shelf in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”

[abernard1]

Amazing that choice of curricula for elementary schoolchildren draws such a reaction.

Kids can read whatever they and their parents want. Schools don't have to teach it.