I was a plain and freckly five-year-old when I received the first, and I had never been given anything more beautiful in my life. A heavy silver chain with a heart-shaped clasp, it was crammed with ...clinking charms including a wishing-well charm, a fat Spanish donkey, and, my favorite by far, a filigree egg that opened to reveal a tiny bird.
I miss my mother so much Rowling, J K
Inside MS,
07/2002, Letnik:
20, Številka:
3
Magazine Article
J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, wants better standards of care for people affected by multiple sclerosis. Her mother died of complications from rapidly progressive MS at the age ...of 45.
Weeds were not the only things Frank Bryce had to contend with either. Boys from the village made a habit of throwing stones through the windows of the Riddle House. They rode their bicycles over the ...lawns Frank worked so hard to keep smooth. Once or twice, they broke into the old house for a dare. They knew that old Frank's devotion to the house and grounds amounted almost to an obsession, and it amused them to see him limping across the garden, brandishing his stick and yelling croakily at them.
The Harry Potter books are full of dangerous sparkling objects, and in this they are like the fairy tales of every culture in the world. Fairy tales explore the darkest fears of the human heart: the ...terrifying possibility of losing our families, of being alone and abandoned in dark places. Fairy tales have neat, happy conclusions, but back in the real world saving lost children takes time, effort, and money.
