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Well, Helio. Since you are a musician and from the UK, you might appreciate this:

Sachmo: The Genius of Louis Armstrong

This man plays a horn.

He is called a musician.

Can you play a trumpet?

You may have a tin ear.

You may be able to play drums.

Bang on your drums.

See? It is not hard to play drums.

You may be able to play a CD.

Little Women

See Meg.
See Jo.
See Beth.
See Amy.

Meg is motherly. She gets married.

Jo is a tomboy and does some writing, but she gets married, too, after a while.

Beth dies young. She does not get married.

Amy is a bad artist. She also gets married.

Can you tell if there was any way in the book to not get married and not die? No? Good.

THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY - Thurber

Here is Walter Mitty.
Walter Mitty is afraid of his wife.
Walter Mitty never does anything important.
But, he dreams.
In his dreams Walter Mitty is a hero.
While the machinery around him goes "Pocketta-pocketta" he in his dreams performs deeds which make people admire him.
He tells his wife, "Yes dear" when she orders him to wear galoshes, but he secretly takes them back off after she is gone.
He dreams his life away.

Ah, edgar. Thurber--My world and welcome to it.

Don Quixote:

This is a Spanish man.

He Wants to save maidens.

He tilts at windmills.

Do you know what a windmill is?

It is a strange tower with blades that whirr in the wind.

A painter named El Greco painted him once.

El Greco made him tall and skinny.

Poor Don,
Poor El Greco