The Autobiography of Mark Twain
What happened when Twain took his mother to a minstrel show?
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When Twain's mother visited him in St. Louis, she had never seen a minstrel show, so Twain tricked her and her friend Aunt Betsy into seeing a show. They laughed so hard at all the old jokes that the rest of the audience found new humor in them.