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The Crows of Pearblossom
A visitor from another planet who came to my house would assume my family was pagan. The object of our worship -- a brown-eyed girl with short-black hair -- would stare back at the alien from my daughter's bedspread and pillow, from her lunchbox, backpack,cheap nike soccer cleats mercurial, dolls, windbreaker,Duvetica Outlet, sippy-cup, sneakers and (somewhat sacrilegiously) potty.
Books lining our shelves are devoted to the Goddess' many mythic exploits. And of course, the deity appears regularly on our television set, where her adventures serve to hypnotize children while clean diapers are fastened, their clothes changed, and otherwise unpalatable food put down their mouths at meal time. The Goddess appears even on my video iPod so my eldest child can worship her in the car and stroller. Truly, her spirit can be felt everywhere. All praise Dora the Explorer!
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Dora may not be a true pagan Goddess. But she does offer her young worshippers a guiding philosophy of life. Her ethic is one of unceasing optimism and boundless trust. In Dora-land, everyone is happy all the time. And on the odd occasion when someone does get stuck in a tree, or becomes separated from their mami and papi, it is but a simple matter for Dora to make matters right -- after which the whole cast sings the "We did it!" song. No one ever gets hurt, or argues, or raises their voice. To the extent Dora confronts any villains -- a mean witch, a lying elf, pirate piggies -- they are invariably converted into Dora-style goody-goodies within 22 minutes.
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