Line #29 Literature/LatawnyaTheNaughtyHorseLearnsToSayNoToDrugs


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4	->''Connie started smoking drugs and drinking, and Connie's sisters also started smoking drugs and drinking; so when Latawnya, the naughty horse, saw Connie smoking drugs and drinking, Latawnya started smoking drugs and drinking too.''
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6	In this self-published book from 1991, we learn the story of a horse named Latawnya, and the way she learns her lesson not to engage in "smoking games" and "drinking games", just because the other horses are doing it.
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8	In 2010, a sequel was published, called simply ''Latawnya the Naughty Horse Two'', which introduces a "low life drug pusher" as the antagonist.
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11	!!This book contains examples of:
12	* AndThatsTerrible: The story often mentions just how bad using drugs is. The second line is "Using drugs is not a good idea", Connie and her sisters are near-constantly described as "bad", and Latawnya is frequently described as naughty.
13	* TheArtifact: Judging by the blurb, in ''Latawnya the Naughty Horse Two'', Latawnya is not only ''not'' naughty, she seems to be leading the charge against the evil drug pusher Spooky.
14	%%* AuthorTract
15	* BigStupidDoodooHead: Daisy and Latoya say, "We do not want to be with you because you are bad!" to Connie and her sisters.
16	* CantHoldHerLiquor: Latawnya has one drink and instantly becomes nauseated and dizzy (it is also partially caused by the "drug smoke", but still).
17	* CivilisedAnimal:
18	** The horses talk, use drugs, and have a civilisation but are otherwise normal horses.
19	** In the sequel, they play basketball in an organized league and organize a talent show. They're still drawn as non-anthropomorphic horses on the cover.
20	* CluelessAesop: It's a children's book about a non-anthropomorphic horse who learns the dangers of drug abuse.
21	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
22	** The author would like to thank God. "Thank you, God."
23	** "Connie started smoking drugs and drinking, and Connie's sisters also started smoking drugs and drinking; so when Latawnya, the naughty horse, saw Connie smoking drugs and drinking, Latawnya started smoking drugs and drinking too."
24	** There's quite a lot of reiterating the moral and repeating stuff in the same paragraph.
25	* DoubleAesop: The story's two morals are "Don't do drugs" and "Don't do things just because you see other people doing them".
26	* DrugsAreBad: So bad, that Latawnya gets sick the instant she tries them. She immediately regrets doing drugs even before her parents give her a lecture.
27	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Latawnya imitates a scary noise she hears. This is meant to show that Latawnya is naughty and prone to imitating others, which is why she's tempted to do drugs.
28	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The story is indeed about a wayward equine who gets the DrugsAreBad message dropped on her.
29	* FantasticAesop: [[http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/plant-list-horses.html According to the ASPCA]], marijuana is toxic to horses (fatalities are rare but possible).
30	* FatalFlaw: Latawyna's is being impressionable. She imitates a sound she hears for no reason and decides to do drugs just because other people are doing it.
31	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Latawnya is the foolish sibling to Latoya and Daisy's Responsible. She's convinced to try drugs and alcohol while the other two warn her against it.
32	%%* GhettoName: Latawnya.
33	* InformedFlaw: Until she starts playing smoking games and drinking games, the naughtiest thing we see Latawnya do is mimic a noise she hears, which actually winds up scaring away the thing that made the noise in the first place (thus keeping it from attacking her and her sisters).
34	* InsistentTerminology: Latawnya's name is rarely mentioned without some variation of "the naughty horse" being tagged onto it.
35	* LongLostUncleAesop: The part about Father Horse's friend that died from overdosing.
36	* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Latawnya has eight siblings.
37	* RuleOfSymbolism: In the second book, Spooky the drug dealer is black, with red horns and a cactus up his butt which is probably meant to be a horned tail.
38	* ScareEmStraight: The book is written with the idea of scaring readers from the idea of doing drugs, complete with a character dying of overdose.
39	* SpeciesSurname: All the horses appear to have the last name "horse", not capitalized. This suggests that instead of it being Latawnya "The Naughty Horse," it's Latawnya "The Naughty" Horse.
40	* TheTeetotaler: Daisy and Latoya outright say that they don't drink.
41	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
42	** Latawnya's EstablishingCharacterMoment shows her imitating a noise she heard, to establish that she's a bit of a copycat. However, it's never revealed what the noise was, and the issue of the noise is forgotten entirely once Connie and her sisters show up.
43	** The beginning reveals that Latawnya has five other sisters besides Daisy and Latoya, plus a brother named Gregory, but they're never seen or mentioned again for the remainder of the book.
44	* WorkInfoTitle: One of those titles that sums up the entire book.
45	%%* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry
46	%%* VanityPublishing: How this got made.

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