Each ninja is crossing his arms and facing away from the other one, and each is crying.Įven when they're with their best friends, Now we are in Japan and we see two ninjas (complete with ninjato and throwing stars) sitting on opposite sides of a bench. You might not think it, but tough guys have feelings too. He clutches a picture of his wife and son in his hand. The next page shows an astronaut floating in space, looking morose. We see in the background that his opponent is waiting for him in the ring. The first page shows a hairy-chested, hairy-armed luchador sitting in the locker room depressed and sweating profusely. These pictures, of the faceless boy-child pretending to be all these "tough guys" is very charming and well made. A pirate (with a pirate head scarf and an eye patch, dragging a huge shovel) A biker (he has a bicycle, but he is dressed in a leather vest and a bandanna is tied around his head, he also has a handkerchief tied above his knee) A knight (he has crafted a knights helmet and armor and sword from cardboard) A spaceman (I'd say astronaut but the spaceman outfit is red and blue and quite different than what NASA puts out) who is crouching down to smell a yellow flower We first open with the opening end pages, in which we see a little boy (8) who is pretending to be all sorts of different people: I have conflicted feelings about this book.
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