That's scary, all the time to be afraid Wreck 2015 (Film, you should check it out).
For children, childhood is timeless. It is always the present. Everything is in the present tense. Of course, they have memories. Of course, time shifts a little for them and Christmas comes round in the end. But they don__ feel it. Today is what they feel, and when they say __hen I grow up,_ there is always an edge of disbelief__ow could they ever be other than what they are?
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For children, childhood is timeless. It is always the present. Everything is in the present tense. Of course, they have memories. Of course, time shifts a little for them and Christmas comes round in the end. But they don__ feel it. Today is what they feel, and when they say __hen I grow up,_ there is always an edge of disbelief__ow could they ever be other than what they are?
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