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From: HMS Victor Victorian <victorvictorian@hushunomail.com>
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Subject: The Finale The Difficulty with Nigel
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:29:06 -0600
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Act 6, Scene 5
And So It Was
Sunday, June 20th to the Present Day.
Nigel's recovery was no less miraculous than the family garden, and
his Mum and Dad felt very gratified at knowing they'd managed to do
the right thing. The medications were cancelled immediately and the
therapist sacked. Conversely, Roger fully encouraged the Children's
Office to pursue their investigation, telling Ann Compton in polite,
but in no uncertain terms, that they'd find nothing to merit concern,
and the whole affair would be a shameful waste of taxpayer monies.
And so it was.
Angela sat with Nigel and patiently explained the errors that all the
grownups, including Mummy and Dad, had made, and apologised for them.
That what mattered in the end was family happiness, not what other
people might think or say. She likewise cautioned her son that it was
a very hard thing to actually do.
That school rules aren't always right, and if you break them, you
aren't always wrong.
That simply being naked is not sexual, and those who see it as such
are themselves in need of therapy.
God had made Nigel and that it was no sin to show that beauty before
God, and any criticism for doing so derived not from morality, but
immorality of the most base quality.
That laws are simply rules inflated by their own importance ... that
there are silly rules and silly laws. They often must be followed,
but do not necessarily deserve respect, and that even those in
authority, including constables, are only grownup children who have
grown-uppily prejudices and make grown-uppily mistakes.
That nakedness is natural, whereas wearing clothes, although an
ancient human custom, is not. That those who laugh and deride nudity
are ignorant or unhappy ... and usually both. That being naked and
wanting to be naked is not a sickness, no more that questioning long
established and unexamined rules is a sickness.
That it is perfectly normal and good for a boy to fondle his own
genitals and those of a friend, to mutually explore and inspect,
compare and caress and come to understand the good feelings and bad
feelings, if there are some.
That there is neither shame nor guilt in innocent pleasure and
gratification, and that those who decry such behaviours themselves
secretly bear either a deep guilt, or a fervent wish that they'd done
the same before they'd become respectable adults.
That the bad people of the world were numbered infinitesimally small
in comparison to the good, for people strive to be good and not bad,
but that good people through good intentions often do bad, but not
meaning to.
That a fundamental truth is if something feels good, it is good. And
if it feels bad, it is bad.
But most importantly of all, Angela explained to Nigel that he had
been quite right. Christopher Robin was indeed like Peter Pan, and
would live forever as a boy ... and that if he should ever doubt it,
all he need do was to go to a library for proof.
And so it was.
The End
HMSVV2010
God Save the Queen.
God Bless the Prince of Wales.
God Preserve the Windsors.
Rule Britannia!
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