Children's Book or More to the Story?
The stories that we grew up on were recorded by the youngest, freshest parts of our brain during a time when our perspective was still shaped by our uncalcified pineal glands.
Looking back on the nursery rhymes, children's books, and bedtime stories that defined my early understanding of life, I can't help but wonder: did the stories of our youth prepare us for the world we would one day inherit?
Here's a read aloud I found on YouTube of a story I grew up with called Swimmy, by Leo Lionni. The video is 3:30 minutes long. Give it a watch and see if you think there is a hidden message for us to decode:
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