That book was one of the single most depressing things from my childhood and I am constantly attempting to repress the memory.
To this day I cannot read it.
I have terrible childhood memories of my parent's reading "A Christams Carol." I would be inconsolable when the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows that Tiny Tim is dead. I would cry for hours. I believe that book was donated shortly after my parents realized I wasn't going to stop crying if they read me that book.
I have terrible childhood memories of my parent's reading "A Christams Carol." I would be inconsolable when the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows that Tiny Tim is dead. I would cry for hours. I believe that book was donated shortly after my parents realized I wasn't going to stop crying if they read me that book.
ReplyDeleteHurray childhood!
Oh man.
ReplyDeleteI'd forgotten how awful that was too.
When I look back, there were a lot of traumatizing issues there.
I can't read Dahls' 'The Witches' either. The scene where the little girl is trapped in the painting is just horrifying.
Books are scary business when you're a kid. I suppose some still are :S
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