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Childhood's Guardians It is night and a child tosses and turns in his sleep. He lets out a whimper that alerts his mother to the nightmare he is having. When the mom gets to her sons bed he is awake and crying. "Hush now, don't cry," says the mother as she hugs her son. He only continues to cry and wimpier while hugging his mom. "Hush it's okay, you can't give up yet. You don't want the Boogie Man to win now do you?" "H-Huh?" whimpers the boy as he looks up at his mom confused. "Why? You don't know?" gasps the mom who only pretends to be surprised. "Huh? N-nuh uh" says the boy forgetting about his earlier fear. "Why the Boogie Man giv

SOUNDTRACK: Nightwish - Imaginaerum GILGAMESH The writer, L. Frank Baum, once said..."Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations." He was right. Humans are fundamentally drawn to these stories, even as they leave their childhoods behind. Fairy tales, legends, myths, and old stories have fascinated mankind for centuries...unknowing that there was much more than they th