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Where has all the magic gone?"Where has all the magic gone?
Where are the fairy godmothers
with shining glass slippers
and sparkling dresses that fit in nutshells?
Where are the deep dark forests
that hide a beast at their heart
and conceal from prying eyes the tiny cottages
of long-forgotten witches?
Where are the princes on white horses
riding to their doom
while the princess they left behind
picks up her own sword to defend her love?
Whatever happened to 'happily ever after'?
Where has all the magic gone?
Where have the dragons flown to in their
never-ending quest for gold?
Where are the unicorns
that once lay their heads on maiden's laps?
The griffi

Random ThoughtsWe each have a turn, and a secret allotment of time. Who knows how much.

Beware, nations who would think themselves eternal. How can you forget that Rome is rubble and Atlantis sleeps beneath the sea?

Quickly wanes the kingdoms of men. They grow, and bloom and die just like all things do. The trees can tell you that, and the land and the sea.

Would it not be foolish for a single drop of water on the high crest of a wave to say, "I am here aloft because of my own greatness"? Soon it will find itself among the foam and froth. Of course! That is the way with all things.

What is power? What is control? None of these can be kept forever. None

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James and the Giant Peachby ~reed682

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Ok, so I just watched the stop motion animated movie James and the Giant Peach, and is also fan art from the book of the same name.

I simply love every Roald Dahl book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Magic Finger, The Minipins, but James especially. I was first introduced to the book by my great Aunt. She had a magical home in suburban Washington DC. There was a laundry duct that took teddy bears on a wild ride to the basement. A backyard that showed us how to make giant soap bubbles. And nights flecked with fire flies. This story is a very precious one to me, and it's about time I gave it some fan art.

I DO plan on coloring this, just thought I'd put the sketch up just in case anyone can help me catch a mistake before I really get into it.

_{James and the Giant Peach & related characters are © Copyright to Roald Dahl.}

~Kabuki-Sohma May 28, 2012

Its cute! :3 Now, a James & The Giant Peach TV series in a cartoon format like this would probably be a fun idea... I was just reading some movie reviews on the movie and though they were mostly negative, one said that it might have made a fun TV show, too. But they meant as-is, as in with stop-motion. I think the stop-motion quality would have gone down-hill if they would have done that... One like this would be MUCH better. Also, James & The Giant Peach is a very magical story for me, too. I absolutely loved it when I was a little girl and I still do. I can't believe that those movie reviews were coming from people not much older than I am, who were kids when it came out, as well. Sadly though, the only Roald Dahl book I've ever read was James & The Giant Peach. I keep telling myself I need to get copies of and read the rest of his stories. But no matter what, I think James & The Giant Peach will always be my favorite. ^_^ I loved it so much growing up that when I was still small, I believed that a giant peach had actually landed on the Empire State Building in NY and I wanted to go all the way to NY just to make friends with James and his new insectoid family. xD Boy, was I depressed when I found out that James and his friends didn't exist! D: