tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659143390118940477.post3646883565281051431..comments2022-04-02T09:48:18.540-07:00Comments on The Practice of Attention: Runaways (Bunnies and Children and Parents)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659143390118940477.post-13455328457354060062013-01-22T06:31:33.489-08:002013-01-22T06:31:33.489-08:00Interesting. I have a completely different readin...Interesting. I have a completely different reading. I imagine that the child is testing the mother: "Will you come after me if I go? Will you find me?" The mother's repeated insistence on following and finding the child is a reassurance. Funny how we read ourselves in books. And @ Betsy: love Big Red Barn, though there was a long, long day in early parenthood where I was "forced" to read it nearly 30 times. Adrienne ("A")https://www.blogger.com/profile/03945160402183888464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1659143390118940477.post-16680740508981331022013-01-21T17:38:39.693-08:002013-01-21T17:38:39.693-08:00Thanks, Joe. I have always been just the other sid...Thanks, Joe. I have always been just the other side of the fence from you on this book: I've felt uneasy in my love for the story... always on guard against how it paints me as a mother bunny smothering my child with excess love, excess watching, obsessive following. I always sensed mama rabbit trying to convince herself, and appreciated her overabundant love, but have never found nearly the clarity you express here. So, again, thanks. And did you ever read _The Little Fur Family_ or the weird story about the scarecrow boy, or the completely lovable _Big Red Barn_? I love Margaret Wise Brown. Betsy Townshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03061108003400034953noreply@blogger.com