Help me, Will

[Tom Stanton]

At 03:07 PM 4/1/97 -0400, Steven Maas (CUTR) wrote:
>On Tue, 1 Apr 1997 andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk wrote:
>> I don't understand the preceding fragment
>> 
>>     the Children, having all upon the Fly, among rhythmic slaps of
>>     Batter and Spoon, coax'd and stolen what they might, proceed, as
>>     upon each afternoon all this snowy Winter, to a comfortable
>> What exactly is that Fly doing?

My translation:

    Children, who will take advantage of any situation, were in the kitchen
    as cook used a spoon to stir up something (toll-house cookies?), 
    and they begged or stole what they could & went to a special place
    to enjoy it.

Much duller, but there's none of the child abuse of earlier posts..