What a great conundrum our latest controversy has caused our wonderful residents and leaders in Utah. I can understand that having one of the world’s most popular books removed from grade and middle school libraries could cause a lot of water waste from excessive toilet flushing. Please conserve water my dear Utahns.
Let us not be concerned anymore as I will share my personal story from my grade school years when I had easy access to the Bible — even at home and church. Being raised to be an outstanding LDS boy I decided I would read the Bible no matter how long it took, as it was a giant book of epic proportions.
As I began to read Genesis I immediately realized this was not an easy book to understand. It almost seemed to be written in a foreign language. I made it through a few chapters and found myself getting extremely bored as most of it was not making sense.
Coming full circle here, I failed in my endeavor. Luckily the school library was full of more interesting books like “Pippi Longstocking,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and, even though it made me cry, “Old Yeller” and “Where the Red Fern Grows.”
Let me quote President George W. Bush: “Children’s do learn.”
Utah will survive this and I will not divulge the story of finding my grandfather’s magazine stash later in life.
Karl R. Walker, Millcreek
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