Book 7, Ep. 1 | Chosen One Narratives Revisited
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The Power of Action in Children's Fiction
Frei doesn't give an example of this in the small portion that I was willing to reread for this recording but I think we can think of clowns. Not fools because like Shakespearean fools tend to be wise. The immediate story that I thought of is don't let the pigeon drive the bus. Oh that's so cute yes. For folks you don't know it's the first in what ended up being a longer series of children's books in which the protagonist is a pigeon who should not be allowed to do things Because the pigeon is not good at those things and the pigeon the pigeon is gonna throw out the book constantly try to convince you to let them drive the bus, right
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