![]() After all, there was more than one dog playing Lassie, the character created by Eric Knight, all of whom had different names. That category, like legendary events, as well as animal movie stars, covers both the factual and fictional. So this week our theme is famous or specific animals. In the hour of darkness and peril and need, Or it could be real-life heroes of war or key historical events, such as Paul Revere's mare, Brown Beauty, made famous by the Longfellow poem The Midnight Ride.įor, borne on the night-wind of the Past, So If it's not Uggie rescuing his owner from a fire, or stopping him from shooting himself, it's Lassie rescuing Timmy, or another boy from the bottom of a well. They represent the better side of us, a noble form of anthropomorphism. ![]() Even if they are fierce and deadly, like Jaws, or Aslan, they never seem phoney. They communicate with us in a way that is honest, and child-like, but athletic and strong, loyal, true to the heart. But why? Because they are a little bit like us, but in the best way, not the worst. ![]()
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