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Hi all,
Ok, I know this book is in the lower grade level, but sometimes kids books is more fun than adult books, and I've always been fascinated with this kind of stuff. This book is about a ten year old girl, winnie foster, who meets the Tuck family, and finds out they haven't aged in 87 years, since they drank from a spring nearby in the wood that is owned by Winnie's family. They take her to their house for the night, but they have to make her understand she must not ever tell anyone about the spring. I liked it. I've always been fascinated by stories about either accelerated aging, or imortality. It's a very short book, well it's on one cassette, on 3 sides. Most of the good books are really short, but i really liked this book.
Wonderwoman
Couldnt we do witha pint or 2 of that.smile
Sounds like a good 1 for the future.
cheers
Alex.
Sounds good to me, but there are all sorts of practical reasons why that wouldn't work. In that story for instance, however you were, the water just left you that way. if you were already old when you drank it, you would never grow any older, but you wouldn't grow any younger either. I'd tell more about the book, but some people might want to read it, and I wouldn't want to spoil it for them, but since it's in the childrens category, I'm probably one not a kid who would read it, but if the books are good, and the stories are fantastic, I don't care, I'll read from all age levels,except kindergardenthrough 3rd grade, that's where I draw the line.
Wonderwoman
Aw, love that book. Had to read it for English in sixth grade. A really interesting cautionar tale.y
I think it would make a good series, you know, the tucks living century to century, having all sorts of adventures. I can understand out why it couldn't work out for a really young married couple. I mean, they'd keep having children and never stop, lol, what a huge family that would be, hundreds and hundreds of children, heehee.
wonderwoman
I can see the drawbacks the illusion is deceptively pretty but arent they all.
Oh yes, the illusion of staying young forever is indeed pretty, and wonderful. I think it would work out well, as long as you didn't start having children, that's when it would get unwieldy.
Wonderwoman
A thought struck me later on your mind might be unable to cope with whatever life threw at you.
The implications of that are truly scary and if children are involved it doesn't bear thinking about.
That's true, I would think I'd have to endure tragedy for centuries, and it would be more complex with children in the mix.
wonderwoman
I wonder if the children who read this are ever aware of the wider implications,probably not and maybe just as well.
I wonder if the children who read this are ever aware of the wider implications,probably not and maybe just as well.
I wonder if the children who read this are ever aware of the wider implications,probably not and maybe just as well.