Oh my gosh. Rabbits were my childhood terror after seeing half of the animated film of Watership Down when I was five or so. I had to sleep exactly in the middle of the bed, because I figured a 14″ tall General Woundwort standing on the floor could probably reach me if any part of my my body was with within a foot of the edge of the bed. My mom kept wondering why I had the pillow pulled down so far.

There are lots of things to be scared of other than the fascist rabbits though. When I finally read the book in my teens it was the civilized rabbits who had art that were most disturbing.

I enjoyed her writing! I’m looking forward to reading other books by her.

Yup! Though I don’t think I will ever reach an age where I would be able to handle this well. I am just not good at being in unknown places. I get all, you know, lost and panicky.

I mean Americans are an easy target and all, and I make fun of them too, but yeah, I resent it too. Make fun of individuals! Individuals are just as fun to mock! 😛

I know, right? That would be awful even if you were traveling somewhere fairly familiar and Westerny, let alone a place with a totally different culture and difficulty finding people to speak your language.

I don’t really remember Peter Pan well enough to say what freaked me out about it. Bee Season – have you read it? – starts out entertaining until you realize that the little girl’s entire family is insane in different ways. The only one I remember clearly is her brother, who thinks that he’s been seeing God out the window of airplanes when really he’s been seeing the blinking light on the end of the wing. It’s a very upsetting book.