Buffy ,'Lessons'
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I read Bambi at some point in elementary school, and I only remember a few bits but isn't there a deer that's caught & tamed, and then used as a lure by hunters ? So, yeah, the movie's got nothing on it.
But I think a lot of children's fiction section at the library could have been called "horrible traumas inflicted on animals." The fact that the animals can't control what happens to them is, I suspect, a large part of the appeal for kids.
I read the original Bambi novel and was taken aback at how strongly anti-hunting it was.
But that was as nothing compared to reading the sequel to 101 Dalmations, The Starlight Barking.
The Starlight Barking.
That book was rather trippy, wasn't it? I'm glad to hear that someone else has read it, because it was just so bizarre that at one point I wondered if I'd simply dreamed about it.
I just googled, and I think I may have found the hidden source of my recurring 101 Dalmations nightmares that I had as a child...
But I think a lot of children's fiction section at the library could have been called "horrible traumas inflicted on animals."
Where The Red Fern Grows. Old Yeller.
The Yearling
There's a book that I need to read someday, because the title is just perfect. It's called No More Dead Dogs. It's about a kid who, after reading a few of the afore-mentioned books, refuses to read any more. I'm sure it can't be as brilliant as it is in my head, but I less-than-three the concept.
What movie was it that the main character looks at the dog and says, "You know the ending of Old Yeller? I. Didn't. Cry."
Old Yeller was just so damn sad!
Debet, I looked up the Amazon description of No More Dead Dogs, and it sounds like there is a madcap theatrical production involved. I became increasingly less interested in the book as the description went on. It sounds weird - and not in a good way like we are accustomed to here! :-)
I'm betting that's Turner & Hooch.
Where The Red Fern Grows.
Ah, my first ever movie in the theater. Otherwise known to my parents as Why our Four-Year-Old Son Has Been Crying for Hours without Stopping To Take a Breath.