Stuart Little on Dangers of Vitamin Supplementation
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“Let me have your attention, please!” repeated Stuart. “As you know, Miss Gunderson is sick and I am taking her place.”
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“What’s the matter with her?” asked Roy Hart, eagerly.
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“Vitamin trouble,” replied Stuart. “She took Vitamin D when she needed A. She took B when she was short of C, and her system became overloaded with riboflavin, thiamine hydrochloride, and even with pyridoxine, the need for which in human nutrition has not been established. Let it be a lesson for all of us!” He glared fiercely at the children and they made no more inquiries about Miss Gunderson.
—Stuart Little, E. B. White
And, no, I am not related to Stuart Little. ;-)
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Fatigued with long study on (actual) problems of vitamin supplementation, I was refreshed by the simple humor of this passage from the book Stuart Little. (I am reading aloud E. B. White’s classic to my two youngest brothers, and have been surprised by a lot of the humor missed when I read it myself, over and over, as a young girl.)
Stuart Little has agreed to substitute for a sick teacher (who might have “rhinestones,” according to the School Superintendent). First, Mr. Little seeks to quiet the noisy and curious students.
