Review: An old tale retold
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2014
Sophy Hunte is the successful author of her own children's books - the LITTLE EVA BOOKS 1 - 4 among them. But here she pays homage to a little children's book written in 1931 and updates it with new format for today's audience.Beauty is a little White Rabbit who has fluffy pink ears, shiny brown eyes, and a powder puff tail - a true beauty, but she id not perceive herself as such: she wanted to look different. She envied Suzie Squirrel's long fluffy tail, Peter Porcupine's exciting sharp bristles, and Daisy Duck's bright red feet. Sharing her wishes with her mother brought no changes so Beauty seeks aid from Mr. Woodchuck who gives her advice to perform certain antics by the Wishing Pond. Once there she sees a little red bird and of course red wings, too. Staring into the Wishing Pond Beauty sprouts wings and runs home thrilled, wanting to share her new red wings with her mother, but her mother doesn't recognize this strange looking creature with red wings. Thwarted, she visits her friends and all of them fail to be impressed with her red wings. Returning to Mr. Woodchuck she is offered comfort, but the next morning when she gets the urge to fly with her new red wings she instead falls. Mr. Woodchuck tells Beauty to return to the Wishing Pond and wish the red wings off. She does so and the wings disappear and once again she is happy with her own special white rabbit looks.The moral of the story is apparent - careful what you wish for, don't envy others, be happy with who you are. It is a sweet story well resurrected. Grady Harp, July 14