The old man who flattened children is the story about an encounter between two people that everything seems to oppose. On one side there is the little girl. On the other side, there is the old man. This is also the story about the meeting of two visions of the world completely different. The little girl is happy. She wants to discover everything. She wants to meet people and thinks the world is a great place to play. The old man, is afraid about everything. He perceives danger everywhere. The old man wants to protect children from the world. So he develops a strange scheme. He kidnaps children and then flattens them with his press. Then he keeps the children warm in the back of his house. The little girl will try to convince him to stop that. She will try to open his eyes to this world. Will she succeed?
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The old man who flattened children
The old man who flattened children is the story about an encounter between two people that everything seems to oppose. On one side there is the little girl. On the other side, there is the old man. This is also the story about the meeting of two visions of the world completely different. The little girl is happy. She wants to discover everything. She wants to meet people and thinks the world is a great place to play. The old man, is afraid about everything. He perceives danger everywhere. The old man wants to protect children from the world. So he develops a strange scheme. He kidnaps children and then flattens them with his press. Then he keeps the children warm in the back of his house. The little girl will try to convince him to stop that. She will try to open his eyes to this world. Will she succeed?