Hello Dom
I have to confess that I have a big gap in my dutch "education": I still
do not know the whole story of Alice in Wonderland.
Growing up I never heard about Winnie the Pooh and Peter Pan either.
Most of the fairy tales I was told or read myself were German (Brothers
Grimm, Danish
(Hans C. Andersen) and from eastern cultures (Indonesian, Chinese, Arab
etc. - still have my large fairy tale book); the rest my mother made up
herself.
As a student, I went on a camping trip through Greece with other Dutch,
English and Australian students. One day some of the English had a very
serious conversation,
and I had no idea what they were talking about, so I asked. It was about
Winnie the Pooh. I felt like an idiot and on returning home went out and
bought the book.
Agnes
Mme RD wrote:
you should change first name and call yourself Alice ... Remember the
non birthday (i'm not sure that's the words he used . I don't have the
book by me ..) of the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland ? lol
like the idea of one year every ten years ! might do it too .
dom from paris
Agnes Boddington a écrit :
We have a few of big birthdays coming up this year:
Mike will be 65 in March, and is waiting for the pension people to
contact him; his brother will be 70, and his wife was 60 this week;
my little sister will be 50 next week .... and I ....
I am still 41!
When I turned 40, I told everyone that I would only take part in this
yearly ritual once every ten years. So in 1991 I turned 40, in 2001 I
turned 41 and will continue so until 2011, when unfortunately, I
will have to turn 42, and by 2031 both my children will be older than I.
My mother, who just turned 88, does not get this at all, and tells me
that I cannot be younger than my youngest sister. My reply: her
problem, not mine.
I do require "non-birthday" presents though in the intervening years.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
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