ATDTDA: That graceful ending

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

        Laura:
        I agree that to call the end of ATD "the
        loveliest happy end in modern literature" 
        is to take the surface meaning of the 
        words at face value -- never a good idea 
        with TRP. . . .

Good call, real good call. At the same time, I see the Anarchist balloon taking off, the Chums growing in their  ever expanding definitions of freedom and responsibility, hanging with the crew and catching a few "rays' and I just wanna take off with them, smoked goggles be damned. The last two pages make me cry, and it's not out of sadness. It's flying into the light. It's illumination.