The Wacky Adventures of Abraham Lincoln 23

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“You must eat!” cried Mary Todd. “You’re wasting away!”
Abe kept his mouth shut. He knew the “Make Abe talk and stuff food in his mouth” trick all too well.
So he communicated by notepad:
I WILL NOT EAT THIS SLOP
“But I made it myself,” pled Mary Todd.
THESE CARROTS SMELL LIKE THEY WERE BOILED IN SEWER WATER
“How about a nice juicy steak?” said Mary Todd.
Abe scribbled quickly:
DOES GENERAL GRANT KNOW THAT THAT YOU SLAUGHTERED HIS HORSE?
Mary Todd ran from the kitchen, weeping.
Abe grinned, grabbed his whiskey bottle from under the sink, and drank.