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Can't think of too many works of fiction off the top of my head ('cept Richard Brautigan _In Watermelon Sugar_), but kids books makes me think of my favorite of all time, an obscure little tome called Harold and his Purple Crayon. Harold is this little kid who manages to suspiciously look simultaneously five and 50 years old. With his purple crayon, he draws the ground that he is walking on, while the written commentary appears underneath. As he draws, he changes his environment, making the sand meet the sea, adding a moon, then drawing himself in a sailboat. The whole thing is so simple and surreal...it really tripped me out when I read it (of course, I was just barely able to read at that time) but I actually went out and tried to find it at my local library. Still there. Catch y'all on the other side of the purple crayon... TEAGUE