Broken China

Broken China

I just read a very moving children's book, "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo. It's a simple tale about a Rabbit made of China who finds out about love but has to venture through the seemingly unending Darkness in search for it.

I think everyone should read it. I'm posting the Coda that was placed at the end of the book, which sums up the entire tale... I hope it'll persuade you to read it...

~CODA~

ONCE, THERE WAS A CHINA RABBIT who was loved by a little girl. The rabbit went on an ocean journey and fell overboard and was rescued by a fisherman. He was buried under garbage and unburied by a dog. He traveled for a long time with the hoboes and worked for a short time as a scarecrow.

Once, there was a rabbit who loved a little girl and watched her die.

The rabbit danced on the streets of Memphis. His head was broken open in a diner and was put together again by a doll mender.

And the rabbit swore that he would not make the mistake of loving again.

Once there was a rabbit who danced in a garden in springtime with the daughter of the woman who had loved him at the beginning of his journey. The girl swung the rabbit as she danced in circles. Sometimes, they went so fast, the two of them, that it seemed as if they were flying. Sometimes, it seemed as if they both had wings.

Once, oh marvelous once, there was a rabbit who found his way home.