Little Janey had a pet goat named Salamander, who thought he was a dog. One day, Little Janey fell down a well. Salamander alerted Little Janey's parents about this whole well incident. Salamander was hailed as a hero. The local newspaper took a picture of Salamander and he was on the front page, with a headline that read, "Local Goat: Next Lassie?"
To celebrate Little Janey's return, her parents held a party. Unfortunately, they invited someone who really wanted to eat some goat meat. That person slaughtered Salamander and started roasting him before anyone even knew what had happened.
Little Janey's neighbors sat and waited for the goat to finish roasting. "Do you know what's ironic?" one neighbor said to another. "Lassie never actually saved Timmy from the well. Timmy never fell down any wells during the run of the iconic television show. Only Lassie and Uncle Petrie actually fell down into a well."
"Is that truly irony?" the other neighbor replied. Then the two neighbors had a discussion on the nature of irony while enjoying some goat kabobs.
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This ending is going to be very well-loved by English majors. Can you please write another children's book explaining the difference between sarcasm and passive-aggressive behavior? That's another one people have trouble with.
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