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"My favorite animal" — quite possibly the best essay ever written.
The magnificent essay you see above, entitled Moja najljubša žival (My favorite animal) is short but brilliant. It reads:
"My favorite animal is a cat. I gave him the name MACO-FACO. He’s black and white. Yesterday my father ran over him with a
tractertractor."
As is often the case with genius, this masterpiece went unrecognized. The ignoramus teacher, who’s obviously never even heard of minimalism, writes at the bottom:
"Too little. (Introduction. Body. Conclusion.) You listen too little when others read."
(Thanks Miran!)
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I agree with you. In the famous words of some past film reviewer (many, in fact), “I laughed. I cried.”
By the way, I liked how you translated the “tracter” mistake. I might have also anglicized the poor cat’s name (”MATZO-FATSO”), especially as in English this would convey a certain overabundance, so ironic in view of the poor animal’s tragic fate.
Thanks for the good work. I always look forward to your Glorious installments.
When I was in the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan, another volunteer gave a big test in one of her business classes. One student kept looking at her and grinning throughout the test, making her wonder what was up. His answer to the questions? An enormous drawing of a muscular, sunglass-bespectacled pigman holding a pistol in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
Best test answer I ever saw in that country.