# Old kid's book?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-kids-book/323656>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 27, 2005, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-kids-book/323656 "2005-09-27T12:04:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-kids-book/323656/1 "2005-09-27T12:04:11Z")

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I halfway remember a book from when I was a little one about a guy who had to complete some sort of task. Along the way, he meets up with several weird guys. One was freckled with wild red hair-he was really a fire. One was a tall slinky black guy-he was a snake. There were more but that’s all I remember. The drawings were odd but cool. What book was this?

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-kids-book/323656/2 "2005-09-27T13:56:08Z")

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**One was freckled with wild red hair-he was really a fire** – Ron Weasley  
**One was a tall slinky black guy-he was a snake** – Severus Snape

Sorry, that’s what I got out of this, and probably not what you’re looking for.

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**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-kids-book/323656/3 "2005-09-27T14:01:10Z")

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> [@Sam Hell](#):
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> I halfway remember a book from when I was a little one about a guy who had to complete some sort of task. Along the way, he meets up with several weird guys. One was freckled with wild red hair-he was really a fire. One was a tall slinky black guy-he was a snake. There were more but that’s all I remember. The drawings were odd but cool. What book was this?

It might help to know how old you are.

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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-kids-book/323656/4 "2005-09-27T14:14:20Z")

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Yeah, that might help. I’m currently 28. And it wasn’t like Harry Potter, it was a fairy tale, one of those “You can marry my daughter if you slay the Invisible Pink Unicorn” dealies.

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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-kids-book/323656/5 "2005-09-27T14:15:46Z")

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Oh and since I was unclear…those people could turn into those things…the fire guy could really become a fire. I think there was a rule he could only bring along what he found on the journey.