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Title: Wonderful, funny book marred by sadistic violence
Review: What do you do, dear, when you're reading an otherwise delightful book to your child and on one page there's a cowboy threatening to blow a hole in the child's head?I substituted a less violent idea -- demonstrate some fancy target-shooting. The book was first released in 1958, and I know people that long ago generally had different attitudes towards violence than we do today. I wish it had been updated!I was really shocked, I'm very grateful that my 4-year-old son didn't ask me to explain why I didn't read the words exactly as they were written on the page! The book is rated for early readers, so BEWARE! if you buy it, be prepared to sit down and explain what's wrong and why it's wrong.
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