Wednesday, April 27

Beef Valley

Tweed Valley, a long, deep valley in Scotland sometimes called "Devil's Beeftub" or even "Devil's Beef Valley."


Me: "What did you learn in school?"
Madeleine: "We didn't actually do any real learning today."
Me: "Oh, really? What did you do?"
Madeleine: "We cooked."
Me:
Madeleine: "And we are studying everything there is to know about Scotland."
Me: "Cool, now we're talking. Where is Scotland?"
Madeleine: "I don't know. They didn't teach that yet."
Me:
Madeleine: "We learned about Devil's Beef Valley."
Me: "What's that?"
Madeleine: "It is where murderers hid beef. Stolen cows. I mean it is where murderers hid stolen cows."
Me: "You're kidding."
Madeleine: "Look it up on Google."

[Dad's note: I googled "Devil's Beef Valley" and, indeed, there is a "Devil's Beeftub" which, Travels In Scotland helpfully informs us, draws its name "as a popular (and safe) place to graze stolen cattle."]