Mark Twain Steals the Gingerbread Mark Twain Speaks Podcast Mark Twain Steals the Gingerbread Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / 00:11:35 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed “My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.” Mark Twain was the bad child, Henry was the good child. Our mother blamed me for almost everything — and most of the time she was right.