Ely, that's From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

I had the same Hemingway reaction to the same book, Jacqui c, unless he wrote more than one of them, but The Killers later struck me as a good short-story.

Ladyjean I'm glad you explained that Is Sex Necesary was humor, before I got in any more trouble. Thurber is under-rated.