Just Things
Last night, my 4-year-old son and I watched the original Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory from 1971. I had forgotten that the tunnel scene is so deeply dark and psychedelic. Of course Wonka's poem, below, is amazing, but my favorite line from that part is spoken by Violet Beauregarde: "What is this, a freak out?" Hell yes it is. At one point, I asked my son if he was scared and he calmly responded, "No, because I'm not in that tunnel."
There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction we are going. There's no knowing where we're rowing Or which way the river's flowing. Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a blowing? Not a speck of light is showing so the danger must be growing. Are the fires of hell a glowing? Is the grisly reaper mowing? Yes! The danger must be growingFor the rowers keep on rowing. And they're certainly not showing any signs that they are slowing!http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/YEpXplzibyU/willy-wonkas-tunnel.html
Not a speck of light is showing so the danger must be growing. Are the fires of hell a glowing? Is the grisly reaper mowing? Yes! The danger must be growingFor the rowers keep on rowing. And they're certainly not showing any signs that they are slowing!
http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/YEpXplzibyU/willy-wonkas-tunnel.html
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