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Originally posted by robustpuppy
So that the children are free to go off on dangerous adventures that their mothers would never permit. If the characters had mothers, real children's mothers would not be able to read the books aloud without interspersing such comments as "I don't know what Pippi Longstocking's mother is thinking, letting her spend all that time in that tree hole," and "Harry Potter's mother should spend less time at her PR job and more time finding out what's going on at that school!"
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My mom bought me my first lighter when I was 6, right after dad bought me a hunting knife.