No, I have no idea when that is. I'm just quoting "Colors of the Wind" from Disney's Pocahontas (if you don't like this movie, stop reading this post now.). I had the pleasure of watching it over the weekend, and I rediscovered yet another reason Disney made my childhood wonderful. It's still a great movie.
Now, Dad doesn't like it, meaning that instead of it being able to be part of our Watch All the Classic Disney Movies campaign, I had to watch it alone in my room on my mini DVD player. But that's okay, now that I think about it. Dad would have totally ruined the experience for me by teasing me about how it's really me and John Enos or something stupid like that, like he ruined "A Whole New World" from Aladdin for me. But back to Pocahontas....
I liked it, even though some of the beginning skipped because it was a library DVD and I ended up missing when Pocahontas and her dad were talking and he gave her her mother's necklace. But, thankfully, I didn't miss "Just Around the Riverbend" or "Colors of the Wind" or, basically, anything else after that. I completely forgot how funny Flit and Meeko (and, later, Percy) was. I don't know how that's possible, but somehow, I did...and yes, I did cry at the end, when John Smith was being carried away on his ship and Pocahontas ran to the cliff and they did the whole goodbye-wavy-arm thing. If you think about it, she was the only Disney princess who didn't get her happily ever after. Yeah, I know she married John Rolfe, but we all know she loved John Smith the best.
And yes, Grandmother Willow is a real historical character. The real Pocahontas often spoke to a tree that talked back to her. Didn't you know that?
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