So, I’m a big fan of the Richard Scarry books. I remember reading them when I was a kid and enjoying how all the “people” of the town are different animals. So, Alisa has one of these books right now, and it’s pretty much her favorite book right now. Every day she wants us to read it to her multiple times. Point of the story: I’m pretty familiar with it.
I want to share a picture from it with you. This is on the page discussing how the Cat family are going shopping at the grocery store. Notice anything wrong with it?
Really, anything? How about the pig that’s a butcher making SAUSAGE! Now, I realize that sausage could theoretically be made out of pretty much any meat, but mostly it’s made of pig. So, why on earth does Busytown feature a cannibalistic pig?! Did Richard Scarry really not put two and two together? or did he do it on purpose? Maybe in Busytown, the anthropomorphic animals eat meat of the only animal you don’t find . . . people. That’s probably it. The Busytown pig butcher gets her supply from the Soylent Green factory.
Am I overreacting? or is this weird to anyone else?
I think it’s humorous.