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They understood not wanting to give up your seat, the kindness of the witch, how it's hard to have new friends sometimes, and that working together brings us all closer. They could actually watch it without worry and understand the story instead of "scary dragon gonna eat people". They had time to read facial expressions! And best of all, the dragon wasn't too scary. It didn't move too fast so there was time for questions and answers as things were happening on the screen. So we ended up one day with this short on our TV. Their TV is usually about 22-30 min in the morning while we drink coffee and check our email etc. These boys don't get a lot of TV and especially not TV movies- Disney is still too scary and they just don't get most of it, so no Disney. Like most, the holidays had wrecked and exhausted us so we sat down as a family to watch TV. I am the mom of two 3 year old boys who see themselves climbing mountains, racing motorcycles, putting out fires and driving excavators daily. They yearn for a certain type of clever, complication and pace. I find it amusing when adults review a piece meant for children. Guess this book is coming out when rona ends. See how she likes being third wheel and left out for once.Ĩ.10.20: lmao. She's a selfish biatch and the only possible acceptable pairing left is Jack x Aric. Cole is an amazing writer, and I hope one day we see the TV show adaptation (that was previously a thing, right?)Ģ018: Let's face it, no matter who Evie ends up with (Jack probably) it won't be fair on the other guy she's strung along. While I'm no longer the target audience for this series, I'm actually still excited for the conclusion? Despite all my previous sarcasm I do think Ms. And it seems my initial review 5 years ago was a little prophetic haha!Įdit April 2023: Wow, it's actually coming out. 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