On 18 Oct 2010 18:38:01 -0500, " +Grant. " <+Grant@grant.grant> wrote:
>In article <ntmmb6t8tfeum0egohbqs9g27pu91ss4f4@4ax.com>, HMS Victor
>Victorian <victorvictorian@hushunomail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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!
>
>
>I liked your screenplay very much. I wish I could write like you, but I
>can't. That's why I didn't try to critique it like I think you might
>have wanted me to. I'm still learning by trial and error, with mostly
>errors. A friend said I should have paid more attention in English
>classes. I liked football better, and I think it shows.
>
>I think you discussed some important issues very well, and the stuffy
>people in your story should be forever forbidden from wearing clothes
>and being near children. Not necessarily in that order, or at the same
>time. Is that allowed for fictional characters?
>I hope you write some more.
Dear Grant,
I hope you see this reply, insomuch as it appears you did not see my
previous comment earlier. Thank you. I'm not so certain that you
would wish to write as I do, for although our styles differ, I find
yours as effective, evocative and compelling as any other, including
my own. You have a very convincing way of persuading the reader that
he is listening to the voice of an eleven-year-old boy on the cusp of
adolescence (well ... if he is hitting the ceiling, then perhaps a bit
beyond that!) ... no small accomplishment, I think.
As for English classes ... generally I believe they serve to quash,
rather than encourage, creativity. I don't doubt for a moment that,
had Shakespeare been subjected to English grammar and composition, he
would have settled for writing broadsides rather than masterpieces!
But again, thank you for your praise. It means much to me.
Most Sincerely Yours,
V
God Save the Queen.
God Bless the Prince of Wales.
God Preserve the Windsors.
Rule Britannia!
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