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Briton to write Peter Pan sequel
And a frightening responsibility as well.
But it does raise a fascinating question:
For which legendary work of children's literature would you like to be asked to pen the sequel?
The short story "The Reluctant Dragon" by Kenneth Grahame is tempting.
(harp glissando)
The Dragon's fame as a poet spreads and a renowned poetry Critic comes to town, only to trash the Dragon's work and suggest his time would be better spent incinerating a few villages and devouring a few damsels than wasting it on something better left to real poets.
The Man (formerly the Boy) is now a father and his Son is inclined to agree with the Critic, just like the town's smarter and wealthier citizens. The Son thinks it best to end his friendship with the dragon, lest he become a poetry hack, too.
"But he's still the same Dragon he was before the Critic came to town," says the Man. "He hasn't changed. If you don't want to be his friend any longer, it isn't because of anything he's done, is it?"
And a frightening responsibility as well.
But it does raise a fascinating question:
For which legendary work of children's literature would you like to be asked to pen the sequel?
The short story "The Reluctant Dragon" by Kenneth Grahame is tempting.
(harp glissando)
The Dragon's fame as a poet spreads and a renowned poetry Critic comes to town, only to trash the Dragon's work and suggest his time would be better spent incinerating a few villages and devouring a few damsels than wasting it on something better left to real poets.
The Man (formerly the Boy) is now a father and his Son is inclined to agree with the Critic, just like the town's smarter and wealthier citizens. The Son thinks it best to end his friendship with the dragon, lest he become a poetry hack, too.
"But he's still the same Dragon he was before the Critic came to town," says the Man. "He hasn't changed. If you don't want to be his friend any longer, it isn't because of anything he's done, is it?"
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