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Okay. I think pretty much all of my friends on here know me and know that I'm not a prude. I'm fairly open-minded. Easy to get along with. I like most things, even if it takes me awhile to get used to it. Yet I'm left wondering if this book is the author's idea of a joke. I skimmed the reviews and I didn't see anyone else mention the things I noticed in this story. (With the exception of one reviewer mentioning the hamburger in passing.) Sooooo, here goes. The first thing I'll say is that the story itself, bypassing the parts I'll detail in a minute, is fine. Nothing to write home about but not awful either. The illustrations are the same. We listened to this on audio because I'm trying to introduce more audio books to both of us, and the narrator was good. She read well, did the voices well, I don't know much about narrators since audio books are pretty new to me still but I'd listen to her again. On to the "exciting" parts now... stick with me here. So, on page 12 we find an illustration of Minne and Moo standing up. (The first so far in the book where they're vertical.) Now, Moo is standing sideways and the reader - or looker as it is - can't see anything. But Minnie, dear, dear Minnie, is standing where we can see her front. Now, I'm no cow expert, let that be known, but I was unaware that a cow's udders looked like a penis and balls. The very word 'udders' is plural. Not singular. How many udders does a cow have? One? With a little ball sac underneath? And is this positioned right between the back legs, as if on a man? Because, ahem, that's how it's shown here. Not a big deal you say? I agree. I just think it's strange, at least slightly distasteful and if nothing else it gives a child/children the wrong impression about cows and udders. Now this part got to me more because it's more than slightly distasteful. Maybe I'm getting more sensitive in my old age. Minnie and Moo go to a people party (as opposed to a cow party) and are hanging out, havi