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Having received an invitation to dine at their home, a family is shocked and amazed as they watch the Abbotts eat with the worst manners they have ever seen, in a tale about the importance of having and always maintaining good manners.
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Come not to the table without having read this book!You Are InvitedWhat: To share a mealWhere: The Abbotts’ houseWhen: As soon as you open this bookBut watch out – the Abbotts and their dogs have absolutelyatrocious table manners. They speak with their mouths full,complain about the food they are serving, and argue in front ofthe company. The Abbotts also violate some more obscuretable-manner taboos, such as smelling their meat and staringwhat’s on the plate of a dinner companion.With rules lifted in the vernacular from an early-nineteenthcenturyprimer (the full text of the rules is appended), anduproarious pictures that do most of the storytelling, this is alively and wonderful celebration of good manners.
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