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<p>The New Yorker</p>
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<p>Li'l Donald</p>
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<p>Mrs. Abernathy called the roomful of eleven-year-olds to order and told them to open their math books to page thirty-one. Her eyes scanned the class and came to rest on a stocky boy beneath a dome of golden hair, who was making grotesque faces at a girl
in leg braces.</p>
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<p>“Donald! What is the square root of a hundred and forty-four?”</p>
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<p>The boy turned his attention to the teacher with sleepy-eyed indifference.</p>
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<p>“I’m sorry, what did you say?”</p>
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<p>“What is the square root of a hundred and forty-four?”</p>
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<p>“Do I know the square root of a hundred and forty-four? Is that what you’re asking me? Of course I do. It’s absurd that you would even ask me that.”</p>
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<p>Full story:<br>
<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/lil-donald?intcid=mod-most-popular">http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/lil-donald?intcid=mod-most-popular</a><br>
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