A small blank book lies open among mossy stones, broad leaves and ferns in dappled green light.

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"All of George's secrets." There's the shortest book ever written.

— George of the Jungle • 1997

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A book of George's secrets is imagined as the shortest book ever written. The joke suggests that he has very little to hide. It turns the promise of a revealing book into a teasing comment about its subject.

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