Bellwether Magazine Volume 1 Number 44 Winter 1999 Article 20 Winter 1999 Animal Crackers M. Josephine Deubler University of Pennsylvania Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/bellwether Recommended Citation Deubler, M. Josephine (1999) "Animal Crackers," Bellwether Magazine: Vol. 1 : No. 44 , Article 20. Available at: https://repository.upenn.edu/bellwether/vol1/iss44/20 This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/bellwether/vol1/iss44/20 For more information, please contact
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