Scott Andrew

Posted June 13, 2008.

X The Owl is one dark character

X(Actual quotes from IMDb.)

X the Owl: Are you hurt, Bob Dog? [Bob Dog howls in pain] X the Owl: Does that mean that you are or you aren't?


X the Owl: I don't think we should call them "bombs", though. We should call them "surprise treats" or something like that. Bombs are scary things and hurting things.


Lady Aberlin: What's the matter, X? X the Owl: Oh I'm really disturbed. I am just as disturbed as can be. Lady Aberlin: Why is that? X the Owl: Well just come on inside my tree ands I'll show you. Lady Aberlin: I think this knothole is a little too small for me to get in. X the Owl: There's a bigger door for creatures your size around the back. Now just come on in here and meet you inside. I tell you, I'm really disturbed.


X the Owl: All the same, I wonder if it wouldn't be easier if people just gave each other the things they need instead of buying all the time and selling all the time. Cornflake S. Pecially: Well in some places, it's like that, X. But in most places, people earn money for work and then pay that money for what they need. X the Owl: Like shovels and buckets.


X the Owl: I'm not so sure I want wishes to come true. Lady Aberlin: Why not? X the Owl: Well, Henrietta, you know Henrietta Pussycat, my neighbor, she said to me, "What if all your wishes would come true, X?" Lady Aberlin: And then what did you say? X the Owl: Well, I thought about the times when I'm angry and wished for bad things. I wished my tree would fall down and all kinds of bad things. X the Owl: [singing]

One time I wished that my tree would fall down And hit someone else on the head I was mad all the day And I just couldn't say Why owls and people and things get that way I wished for some terrible thing, I'd say Especially trees falling down But that wish certainly didn't come true 'Cause scary mad wishes don't make things come true No, scary mad wishes don't make things come true.