Our Dear Sir Dudley Watson Writes:

A SCUPPER IS A HOLE OR BREAK IN ATHE GUNWHALE O N ATHE SIDE OF A VESSEL FOR WATER TO DRAIN BACKOFF THE DECK . JUST A LITTLE TIDBIT OF VALUABLE INFO FROM AN OLD SALT

Also, the title of Sendak's masterpiece is 'In the Night Kitchen', thanks to Miss Barb Watson, so now you can go to the library and enjoy it.

Even more fancy is that I can tell you the author of Scuppers is Margaret Wise Brown, who also wrote the classic, Goodnight Moon. That's what Jon Wehrman says, anyway. But I don't know if I would trust him, you know, he's kind of a shady character.

Read this in depth analysis of the second book of the trilogoy which kicks Lord of The Rings right in the arse: In The Kitchen