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Old 05-09-2007, 03:32 PM
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Avane, that Rebecca story is wonderful!

It reminds me a little bit of The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey. I have always loved his illustrations the best, but the stories are good too. He is just so macabre, funny and...I don't know. Hard to explain. I always found it very appealing.

At any rate, Gashlycrumb Tinies is about a group of 26 children (for each letter of the alphabet) who all come to a "bad end". There really isn't a moral lesson with it, it just seems they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

P is for Prue trampled flat in a brawl.

Q is for Quentin who sank on a mire.


You can read the whole story and see the illustrations here:

Edward Gorey
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