I long to one day be an author who makes people laugh. I am never so awed in fiction as when the author can captivate me with the story and create such detail of the characters or the atmosphere so that I laugh out loud. Some recent examples...now granted, this may only appeal to my humor but I was thoroughly amused.
"Tink, where are you?' She was in a jug for the moment, and liking it extremely; she had never been in a jug before".
"Certainly they did not pretend to be sleepy, they were sleepy; and that was a danger, for the moment they popped off, down they fell. The awful thing was that Peter thought this very funny. 'There he goes again!' he would cry gleefully, as Michael suddenly dropped like a stone".
"The little house looked so cosy and safe in the darkness, with a bright light showing through its blinds, and the chimney smoking beautifully, and Peter standing on guard. After a time he fell asleep, and some unsteady fairies had to climb over him on their way home from an orgy. (hope that means something else) Any of the other boys obstructing the fairy path at night they would have mischiefed, but they just tweaked Peter's nose and passed on."
Oh there are so many more. Truly, pulled out of context I'm not sure those are even as funny as in the context of the entire story. J.M. Barrie was brilliant. Those are from Peter Pan if you have not figured it out yet.
For some reason the Lord has been urging me to read Peter Pan. It has been pursuing me over the last few months. I cannot recall every circumstance but all of a sudden Peter made himself a friend and familiar face in my life. How very like him. I have finished it. I'm still not entirely sure of the purpose or the point rather that God is trying to make to me but I think it has much to do with Wendy's character and the idea of the importance of mothers in the lives of children.
