Days 7-9

[bironic]

thirdblindmouse and I ended up chatting a little bit about children's books in the last post, which made me remember this one. Does it ring a bell for anyone? ETA: Found! Ha, the cut text turned out to be the title.

7. Kindergarten

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[purridot]

Now I want to read The Five Chinese Brothers! It sounds cool.

My favourite childhood book was DEFINITELY Miss Suzy, about a grey squirrel who loves to bake, is chased out of her home by evil red squirrels and takes refuge in a lovely dollhouse, before assembling a task force that wins her back her old home.

This book played a huge role in molding my present day character (it DID!) <3

[bironic]

Wherein the plucky heroine just happens to be a squirrel. :D

[purridot]

*facepalm* Yes, it's true.

And even at that tender age I sensed a slashy undertone to the group of too-handsome toy soldiers she enlisted to do the actual siege.

Mmm, cute men in uniforms...

[bironic]

Ah! A plucky heroine with a harem, no less. And they might serve her or, er, "serve" each other at her command.

[purridot]

Bironic! You're making it sound so KINKY!

...which maybe it was, now that I really think about it -- there was one drawing of Miss Suzy tucking the soldiers into one bed in the guest room. Hmmm... I guess it was even MORE character-forming than I thought!

[bironic]

You started it! LOL.

[elynittria]

Miss Suzy looks really good. I'm surprised I never read this one when I was a kid (I loved books with animals as the main characters).