Somewhere along the way I read a piece entitled "What is a Person" written by a little boy in West Virginia who was asked to write an essay on that subject. This is what he wrote.

"When you are a person...your head is kind of round and hard and your brains are in it and your hair is on it. Your face is in the front of your head where you eat and make faces. Your neck is what keeps your head out of your collar, and it's hard to keep clean. Your shoulders are sort of shelves where you hook on your suspenders and your stomach is something that if you don't eat often enough it hurts, and spinach don't help none. Your spine is a long bone in your back that is always behind you no matter how quick you turn around. Your arms you've got to have to pitch with and so you can reach the butter. Your …