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”And what might your name be?”“Alexander.”
“Hmmm. So you can talk.”
“Y-yes, sir. I wanna go home to my mama!”
“Take him back! He can still talk!”
“Please, please! I don’t want to be a donkey! Let me outta here!”
“QUIET! You boys have had your fun; now pay for it!”
I feel bad for those poor kids turned donkeys. I always wondered what happened to them. So far as we know, Pinocchio is the only one to really get away.
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Makes you wonder if any of them ever made it.
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I don't know about in the movie, but if I were in the position of a buyer at the market, I'd try to give the little donkey a good home, whether or not I was aware of their previous state.
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I wouldn't be surprised if some of the donkeys that hauled the wagon to Pleasure Island were boys at one time. In the original fairy tale, that was the case.
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Oh, undoubtedly; you can't sell 'em like that, it'll bring the police on them faster than you can say, "fiddle about".
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The fairy tales were quite grim in the early days.
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Especially Pinocchio, since the author was apparently also a satirist, so everything has a darkly comic edge to it. I.e. the judge that Pinocchio complains to after he buries his gold has the puppet jailed for being an incurable idiot.
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Oh, yes. I know all about that scene.
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And of course, he only gets out because a holiday is declared. I think Collodi was going for a point there.
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this moment always brak my heart! nice job
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I don't blame you for that.
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It is quite a moving scene.
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Oh, my GOSH. This is AMAZING work, Mel. As somebody else said, it's just like a still from the movie! You captured this part PERFECTLY, especially the fear and sadness in his eyes. Just... wow. O.o
As I said before, the horrible reality of the boys' fates always hits me the hardest right at the very end of the film. Not a happy ending for everybody. It almost makes 'When You Wish Upon a Star' seem like a cruel mockery. And what really angers me is that neither Pinoccho or Jiminy mention them again- I realize they had a LOT on their minds, but still. It would've been nice if Pinocchio had remembered them, and made a wish for them, like in my story. (Oh well, I guess I can only imagine they did get mentioned during their trek back home from PI. I also like the thought that Pinocchio and Jiminy made ammends, then.)
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I thought you'd like this, since we're both mega-huge fans of that movie. 
Yeah, like I said in my artist's comments, my heart goes out to those poor kids. Even if Pinocchio did make a wish for them, it would have been entirely up to them to make the change. Remember when Geppetto wished for Pinocchio to be a real boy; it was up to Pinocchio to make that wish a reality. And it's not like those boys became donkeys all at once; it took some time for them to make that transition. Likewise, it'll take some time to make the transition back to boyhood.
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Yup, that's how it was in my story. The Blue Fairy promised him that they would be granted their humanity back, but they would have to earn it again.
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But hopefully there is hope for those boys.
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Wow, Mel -this is fantastic!!
I`m sorry I`m late on this- I didn`t find it until I searched Pinocchio. But you did a great job of drawing Alexander! He`s so adorable!
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Thank you! 
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They`re so cute on him! You did such a great job on them. Though, whenever I draw him, I usually give him green eyes. But I must admit- blue looks better.
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He didn't have a specific eye color in the movie, but blue seemed to suit him.
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I think it might of been brown. But blue is adorable.
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Whatever it was, it was too dark to tell.
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They`re black. I checked. But blue is still really cute! The shading is wonderful on them.
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It's a little trick I'm perfecting in Photoshop.
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I`d love to see more of it!
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It's really quite easy. I just take one color and a lighter shade of that color and use what is called the "gradient tool". I highlight a certain section and select the "reflected gradient" option as I fill that area in. Once you try it a few times, it's a piece of cake.
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Oh that`s cool.
I got Manga Studio for my laptop, which in it`s essence is like Photoshop. I`m waiting for a tablet, though. I`m not saying I`ll get one. But my uncle suggested getting if for me as a combined birthday/christmas present. (Since my birthday is only 1 week from Christmas).
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I might get a tablet someday.
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Try the original novel for what really happened. Disney had to have their star character get away, but in the novel... he didn't get away.
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I know. I own a PDF file of the original fairy tale.
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Cool. And good for you. You're on top of your classic literature.
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Yep. I've read the original fairy tale several times in different formats and it's really great.
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this was my favorite part of the movie becuz they were always so cute!!! *guilty*
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Yeah, but their faces are so sad and scared.
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love this! 
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Very intense scene.
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poor Alexander....but great picture!
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Thanks very much!
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