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The Man Who Didn't Wash His Dishes

Record Added: 3/14/2013
A Favorite Book
Illustrator Barbara Cooney
Topic Children's Fiction, Class
Publisher Doubleday Publishers
ISBN 0385077351   Year 1977
Age 4-8   Pages 30
Description Red, printed binding
 
Once there was a man who lived all alone and...

One night he came home hungrier than usual, so he made himself a big, big supper. It was a very good supper (he liked to cook and could make good things to eat), but there was so much of it that he grew very, very tired by the time he finished. He just sat in his chair, as full as he could be, and decided he'd leave the dishes in the sink till the next night, and then he would wash them all at once.

This goes on, and on, and pretty soon, all of his dishes, all of his pots, all of his flowerpots, his ashtrays, his candy dish, and even his soap dish, were dirty and he had nowhere to sit or even sleep! Then one day it began to rain and the man brought all of his dishes out side and they were all clean. From that day forward he washed his dishes every night after supper no matter how tired he was. Very Cute story and illustrations.
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