Recovered Giant Artifact #54 - I Dreamed a Dream

Item: ink on coffee and tear stained paper
Recovery date: 2015-05-30
Analysis:  Appears to be a modification of "I Dreamed a Dream" is a song from Les Misérables.

There was a time when kids slept long
When their voices were soft
And their words babbling
There was a time when love was quiet
And the world was a song
And the song was Raffi
There was a time
Then it all went wrong

I dreamed a dream in sleep gone by
When hope was high
And sleep worth having
I dreamed that love would never cry
I dreamed that kids would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no snuggles to be paid
No song unsung, no hot beverages untasted

But the children come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your sleep apart
As they turn your dream to awake

He slept a year by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took his childhood with me for a ride
But he wasn't gone when morning came

And still I dream he'll sleep without me
That we will sleep the nights in our rooms
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather

I had a dream my sleep would be
So different from this fog I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now cries have killed the dream I was dreaming

From the desk of Alice - Wisdom from the ripe old age of 3.5

My Dearest friends,

It has been far too long since I have last written you. Many things have happened, but alas it is difficult for me to recall them all in detail. I have taken The Giants on many adventures and my training of them seems to be a Sisyphean task.

Since it's been so challenging for me to have time to sit down and write, I've enlisted The Fuzzy Giant to transcribe some of my thoughts so that they can be as a beacon of light of future generations. Here are some enlightened thoughts that I was conveying the other day. Alas he was a poor archivist and only was able to capture the beginning.

I saw Maleficent two and a half times and the scary part at the end she doesn't change back into a dragon at the end and then we ate ham-burr-ers and Aurora went and then I have streamers on my bike and one fell off because it was windy and then we threw it in the garbage and I had my face painted at the tulip festival and next time I see Aunty Valerie I can call her Rose because she calls me Alicio but Isaac can't do that because he's a baby and he knocks over my towers even when I say "NO ISAAC NO" he does and then I say "DOUBLE TIMEOUT" and then I go and play with my special jewelery and...

Trust me, that was but a fraction of my thoughts. I really must get a voice recorder.

Rather than writing a thousand words to describe some of my adventures, I thought that I would do "an almost year in review" with pictures instead, perhaps slightly out of order.

Vertical cannot contain my greatness. I must go horizontal

It is important to patrol the neighbourhood in style

It's important to keep your friends close...

This is me instructing The Fuzzy Giant in the proper art of fancy running

If you can get the angle just right, the swing will detach and transform into a robot

Apparently this is how The Giants caught their food in the Before Times

Swing until the set rolls

Instructing Isaac in the formal art of napping with stuffies

If you snuggle your pumpkin just right, it may turn into a carriage

OR A MONSTER TO EAT YOU

Isaac witnessing the true power of my yell. He may have filled his pants

One small step for Alice. One giant leap for Alice-kind

In this picture I am plotting revenge on The Giants for The Incident Involving No Cookies

Most people don't realize that you need to ride a luck dragon behind the nostrils

The movie star shot with the wind in your hair? This.

The layout of rocks was all wrong. I was attempting to fix it by moving some into the river

I was quite disappointed that The Giants wanted to share my single round piece

"You see that island over there Giant? Not anymore! Bow before my awesome power!"

This is where I made Lego Santa cry. I'm proud of that moment.

They asked why I had to climb that stone elephant? BECAUSE IT WAS THERE.

I clearly have a heightened sense of safety with respect to the ocean. It was both cold and wet. I must be carried

You can see that I am annoyed that The Giants have forgotten I am the sole center of attention. They paid for it later, at great cost

This is called "Grocery Store Gothic" and hangs in the Louvre

Demonstrating to The Giants proper sun glasses technique

A fairy dress, pink tutu, hat and novelty sunglasses. It's the latest in Milan

Similar look, different accessories. As you do.

I don't know how many times I told The Food Giant: bend your legs. Good Giants are so hard to find these days

Again it was up to me to explain the dangers of the sea

"And you shall fold my bed sheets like this. No, I don't care if you can't walk. Get it done!"

I was told that they had cakes of pan served with the reduced blood of the maple tree.

I toured with Cirque du Soleil for a season as a bubble blower. The cubic ones are the most difficult

Always test to see if you would be successful with outrunning your Giant in case of bear or such like attacks

I was attempting face paint for camouflage. Perhaps not my best first attempt

When vacuuming, always wear the head of a robot to show the vacuum you mean business

If caught by paparazzi, never make a nice smile

This was my first day of play school. I was very excited to regularly spread my wisdom to new Giants. Just in case the current ones don't work out

When finding a star with your name, own it.

Until next time, lovingly yours,
Alice