And in an homage to palochi.com and god of biscuits (would that make it an homage a trois?), I'm going to try a haiku for one of the movies I saw recently, Whale Rider.

A girl, not a boy,
Wants to lead her people but
Grandfather says no

Still she keeps trying
Learning what she can from her
Classmates and uncle

Grandpa disapproves
Punishes her classmate. No,
You cannot be chief!

Pai calls out to her
Ancestors "You must help me"
And they hear her cries

Send a pod of whales
To beach themselves. If they die,
Then the tribe will, too.

The tribe can't save them
Grandfather's magic is gone
They give up and leave

Pai climbs the lead whale
And a connection is made
She rides him to sea

Saved from drowning, her
Grandfather understands that
She is to lead them

The whale rider has
Returned, making the tribe whole
And saving them all