Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. We can learn much about ourselves by watching the children. You children listen to this too. See if you don't find yourself in what I have to say. We all like astonishing tales because they touch the nerve of the ancient instinct of astonishment.
Mere life is interesting enough.
A child of seven is excited by being told that Tommy opened a door and saw a dragon. But a child of three is excited by being told that Tommy opened a door. This proves that even nursery tales only echo an almost pre-natal leap of interest and amazement. These tales say that apples were golden only to refresh the forgotten moment when we found that they were green. They make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for one wild moment, that they run with water.