Someone mentioned Incredible Journey - that's a happy ending yet it finishes me off just thinking about it, and reading it to the kids was a *big* mistake! But have any of you read Jock of the Bushveld by Percy Fitzpatrick? Famous old story about a Staffie type hunting dog belonging to a wagoneer who used to follow the trail from the coast up past what became Kruger National Park to the goldmines at Johannesburg. It's a fabulous adventure/animal story based closely on real life at the time and it's become a South African classic. Of course Jock dies in the end and it's just too awful to bear! My girls saw the movie a few years ago and now flatly refuse to read it as they know it's sad at the end. Aren't we all silly? Goodnight Mr Tom is another happy ending that I weep over, but then I weep over lots of other parts of it too.
Interesting that no one (I think) has mentioned EJO - she doesn't do much weepy stuff, does she? Andrew dying is sad but there's not much else I can think of right now. Rose Cape Town -- ________________________________________ Girlsown mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] For self-administration and access to archives see http://home.it.net.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/girlsown For FAQs see http://www.club-web.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/girlsown/faq-0.htm
