Tigger

Hmm, what's this post about? you're thinking. When you read my post, "Disney," I mentioned something about how they made me believe something about tigers that turned out to not be true, and that I'd blog about it later. Well, m'darlings, later is now.*

You all remember Tigger the Tiger from Winnie The Pooh and Christopher Robin or something like that. (Oh, I can never remember the title.) Well, Tigger is one of the reasons that I hate Disney Channel, Media, and Co.. Here is the some of the lyrics to The Tigger Song:

The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is Tiggers are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of springs
They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is I'm the only one

Tiggers are wonderful fellahs.
Tiggers are awfully sweet.
Everyone elses is jealous,
And thats why I repeat...

The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Are Tiggers are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of springs
They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is I'm the only one.
Yes, I'm the only one

Well, I agreed that Tigger was awesome. Yet, Tigger was a tiger, so surely he was just like any other tiger, right? So, I thought that all tigers could bounce of their tails. Yes, that's what I thought. Just imagine it! Tigers bouncing on their tails! Isn't that awesome?! Of course that's why I wanted to believe it. So maybe Disney should've made their characters less awesome and/or realistic.

"Didn't you hear that part that he said OVER AND OVER?! He clearly stated, and I quote, 'I'm the only one.' And it was an animated show where animals talk!" that annoying reader points out, even though she should still be recovering from that last elf attack.

Well, in one of the movies, Tigger found his [large] family, who could all bounce on their tails, so he wasn't the only one, therefore there could be more Tiggers in the world.

Anyway, (I recently discovered that it is "Anyway," rather than "Anyways" which is in fact not a word.) when I found out that tigers couldn't bounce on their tails like Tigger, I was completely heartbroken.

The way I found out was pretty horrible, though. I was in my kindergarten class, and we were learning about wildlife. My teacher turned the page in the book she was reading us, and showed us the picture of a tiger.

"Tigers are big mammals that live in Africa. They're actually related to cats," she said.

"And they bounce on their tails!" I called out. My class laughed and I didn't know why.

My teacher (let's call her...Ms. McTeacherFace), Ms. McTeacherFace chuckled. "Not really, though," she said, making sure none of us were confused.

"Yes they do!" Little Nadia protested.

"Honey, they don't really bounce on their tails. That's only in the storybooks and TV."

My/Little Nadia's jaw dropped. "Okay. Can I go to the bathroom?"

"Sure," Ms. McTeacherFace said.

I left to the bathroom where I would deal with my emotions toward the revelation. In the background, I could hear all my classmates laughing.

Now, I am holding a strong grudge against Disney for deceiving me so. I don't believe I can ever forgive them. They completely betrayed my little 5-year-old trust! (Oh my gosh, I sound like a lovesick, heartbroken girl whose boyfriend cheated and the likes.)

But that was nothing compared to how I felt when I found out it was all just a show! Although that's a story meant for another time.

Your Deceived, Heartbroken Girl,
Nadia M.

*Oxymoron!