Peter Pan
I am not cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. Ick. What an absolutely overrated cereal.
In other news, I started reading Peter Pan last night. My latest novel attempt is at a fantastic fairy tale, so I have been reliving all the beloved fantastic tales of my youth. A couple of weeks ago I reread the Wizard of Oz-- what a treat that was! Anyway, I think the first paragraph of Peter Pan is fantastic, so I am going to share it:
"All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, 'Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!' This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end."
[Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie, Penguin Group, New York, 1991-- I believe the book was written in 1911]
Of all the books I have read, I think that first paragraph rates among my top ten favorites.
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