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Post by Jolly on Nov 20, 2022 15:24:03 GMT
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Post by blackfeather on Nov 20, 2022 17:46:19 GMT
Did the book mention that the real rabbit got caught by a coyote and eaten? And the rabbit them turned back into a stuffed rabbit and clogged up the digestive tract of the coyote and he died a terrible death? I didn't think so. With stories like these I always made sure my kids heard all the details the books left out.  This is the "Toy Story" of yesteryear. Saddling children with guilt that their toys actually have feelings, and that they are lonely once the child out grows them. My daughter said "Toy Story" traumatized her and felt guilty when she gave most of her stuffed animals away. She had hundreds of them, and she knew she needed to cut down on the number of them. Children need to be taught empathy, but it probably should be done with real animals that have real feelings. |
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Nov 21, 2022 0:34:07 GMT
blackfeather, Your comment is at the same time touching, and true. The young mind is wonderful, imaginative, and at the same time easily influenced. So many things very young people hope to be permanent and true are taken away much too early, only to make that person wonder what's really true.
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Post by Tricky Grama on Nov 21, 2022 13:00:32 GMT
I didn't know that story, maybe my kids were not of the age to read it to them...
But it sorta reminds me of Puff the Magic Dragon. After Jackie Paper grew up the dragon "slinked into his cave...and ceased his mighty roar..." I always thought that was sad.
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Post by Jolly on Nov 21, 2022 14:09:08 GMT
My kids knew it well. It's a classic and well known. I think the author of this piece did pretty decent job on a deep dive about the story and its author.
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Post by blackfeather on Nov 21, 2022 16:43:37 GMT
I didn't know that story, maybe my kids were not of the age to read it to them... But it sorta reminds me of Puff the Magic Dragon. After Jackie Paper grew up the dragon "slinked into his cave...and ceased his mighty roar..." I always thought that was sad. There has long been speculation that "Puff the magic Dragon was about Marijuana. As the story goes Jackie rolled his joints in Paper, the autumn mist was the smoke, and of course Puff was what you did. Then the lyrics talk about the trips they went on and that finally Jackie outgrew the practice. I was researching Honah Lee, Honah was either the number 1 in Pythagorean math and number 5 in Chaldee math. Which when the Marijuana blossoms there is a single sugar leaf that is most potent that grows with the blossom, and 5 is the minimum number of leaves on the Marijuana plant. Lee is in Hebrew a healer, or in old English and clearing in the woods, and whether it could be considered a healer or that many grew it in clearings away from prying eyes of the authorities. So was Honah Lee the land of 5 leaves growing in clearings in the woods?  The song is outlawed in Hong Kong because they believe it promotes drug use. Peter, Paul and Mary deny that this has anything to do with drugs. Which I believe is probably true, consciously, no telling about subconsciously, but it is amazing the conspiracy theory one can create if one wishes. |
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Post by Tricky Grama on Nov 22, 2022 13:53:52 GMT
If I ever get around to it, my next book-to be read to your dog- is "Pug the Magic Dragon" Lived at the pound, frolicked in the open yard just waiting to be found... |
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Post by Jolly on Nov 22, 2022 19:46:55 GMT
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Post by themotherhen on Nov 23, 2022 2:59:03 GMT
One of my very favorite stories, and my children all loved it too.
The story never made me sad, nor the boys. Toy Story didn't either. It is good for children to have an imagination, to know that there is more than what we see in the world. And to understand that some stages of life are for developing certain gifts.
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