user: Given this paragraph about composer Paul Lansky, did he have an advanced degree?

assistant: Yes. Paul Lansky graduated from Princeton University with a Ph.D in music.

user: Tell me about the career of David Allen Laycock

assistant: David Allen Laycock (2 September 1947 – 16 September 2008) was an English professional cricketer. He played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1969 and 1973.

Laycock was born at Woolwich in east London in 1847. He first played for Kent's Second XI in 1966 and went on to make his first-class cricket debut in August 1969 against Leicestershire at Canterbury. After making five appearances for the First XI in 1969, including one in the John Player League, Laycock appeared infrequently for the side in the coming years. He made a total of 10 first-class[A] and five List A appearances for Kent between his debut and his final match in August 1973, playing as a batsman and occasional wicket-keeper in a strong Kent side which won the County Championship in 1970 and one-day trophies in each season between 1972 and 1974.

Despite playing 69 matches for the Second XI, including scoring runs during 1974,[B] Laycock was released by Kent at the endow the 1974 season. He became a postman, although he continued to coach cricket.

Laycock died at Eastbourne in Sussex in September 2008 after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 61.

user: Can you summarize for me in no more than three paragraphs the book, "The Little Engine That Could", by Watty Piper?

assistant: The Little Engine That Could is a children's book written in 1930 by Watty Piper.  The main purpose of the book is to help bring out in children a positive, "can-do attitude."  The key phrase in the book is, "I think I can." 

The main character is the "Little Engine".  The Little Engine is an undersized locomotive that is called upon to pull rail cars full of good things for the boys and girls that live on the other side of the mountain.  Several other locomotives, appearing newer, stronger or more mature than the Little Engine all make excuses for why they will not help take the train cars over the mountain.

The Little Engine gladly takes on the task when called upon.  When starting to pull the heavy rail cars, The Little Engine strains with all its might and begins to say, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."  When climbing the mountain, it doesn't look like the Little Engine has the power to get over the peak.  The Little Engine puffs, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."  Finally The Little Engine reaches the top, comes over the crest and on the way down says, "I though I could, I thought I could, I thought I could."