Synopsis
Category: Humor"Her name was Elektra. He bought her a ring / And he didn't buy her just any old thing. / A grapefruit-size diamond was what Hoover chose / In a size that would fit on the end of her hose."In this hilarious, wacky "love story," the clueless Mr. Hoover gets married to Elektra, the vaccuum cleaner of his dreams. After being pronounced man and appliance, the two go on a honeymoon — where Elektra promptly runs off with a lawn mower. But all is not lost for Mr. Hoover, who soon finds a much more conventional bride.
Children's Literature
Beware the seduction of household appliances! Muck and dirt surrounded Mr. Hoover until an Elektra vacuum cleaner sucked the grunge from his life-so he married it (the vacuum cleaner, that is). Then one providential night, after tucking Elektra into her traveling case, he awoke to a terrible noise. Bustling down the hall and knocking on the door, he found a woman having a conversation with her husband-a husband that just happened to be a lawn mower. Whimsically illustrated and narrated, the story trips merrily along.