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No more fear of gorillas
By Dad | May 26, 2007
My folks have a cute little teddy-bear-style stuffed gorilla. Grace will avoid it like the plague. If you try to bring it anywhere near her, she will freak out.
I think she gets this from her grandfather who had an incredible fear of gorillas. This fear was solidified for him upon watching Murders in the Rue Morgue. This is not a movie you want to watch if you are afraid of gorillas. Being chased by a gorilla was a recurring nightmare for him. He finally overcame this fear by facing the gorilla toe-to-toe in his dreamscape. I think he yelled at it to go away or punched it. I’m not sure exactly.
For Grace we thought we’d do something similar. Only we decided to do it with a real gorilla.
I think it worked. She loves gorillas now.
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Grace
Posted by: Grandma Ya Ya on May 26th, 2007 at 7:46 pmI am so proud of you and PaPa is even prouder.
He wishes you the best in keeping the Gorillas at bay.
Grace
Posted by: Grandma Ya Ya on May 27th, 2007 at 10:18 amPaPa and I are really proud of you for facing the gorillas, especially PaPa. Now there is nothing to be afraid of. Love, YaYa