Probably some sort of local phenomenon, due to the climate and everything. No, I don't think so. They all started looking for the children of Israel. For a while, yes. I thought you'd enjoy it.
History is full of good stories.
Some people say that history repeats itself, and that's why we should read it. That's a silly idea, what with the way things change and people learn and progress and everything. But history's got so many good stories that there's really no need to think up reasons for reading it. Miss Prysby was taken aback that Donny would say a thing like that about her. That's one way of putting it.