Renaissance kid
by henrycopeland
Friday, October 17th, 2003
Friday, October 17th, 2003
Having mastered Beethoven’s Minuet in G on the violin, a first grader I know has moved on to a subtler art: burping. I never mastered the trick of gulping air and letting it escape at the right raucous tempo, but this kid can crank out a dozen belches in 30 seconds. I try strenuously to frown.