[Whalen]

Originally Posted by Boomer

I have not read the book. When I heard the title, I looked no further because the title made me feel like I wanted to cry.

I do not know if the book is a tearjerker or not, but all I could think of was how it was probably about some poor elephants......needing some water...... and having to live in captivity.......and do tricks........and having to depend on people to take care of them.......and what if the people were not nice people??? -- and on and on and on and on went that darned narrator in my head, again.

And so I did not even look at the book. Maybe they were nice to the elephants. Maybe the elephants were happy as could be. But I just couldn't look....

You see, I have never fully recovered from Dumbo. Makes me tear up just thinking about it. Still not over Dumbo.....all those many years ago.

Sniffling Boomer, with the long, long memory

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl

How are you with Bambi? Years ago (my kids are 32 and 35), my girls loved to listen to the Bambi LP when they were going to sleep - made them cry every time if they stayed awake long enough. Don't give me any grief - it was their idea . . .

I can still see Dumbo's mother rocking him with her trunk while she's in the cage.....oh where are my tissues....let's not even talk about the forest fire in Bambi.