In a message dated 9/14/99 9:26:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Lesley.PODESTA@dewrsb.gov.au writes: << I do not want to reopen the "who fell in the pool debate" but I'm interested in whether people think Booper hated Teddy. I've read and reread Teddy a lot and I've never had a sense that there was much more than regular old sibling rivalry. But I have a five year old son and one of my friends recently commented that it was lucky I hadn't had a Booper yet as my son is so like Teddy and Booper despised him. I wonder what others think? Lesley >> heh...I think she loved him and hated him like any sister does a brother... :) Jim