The gates of Melbourne's Luna Park, built 110 years ago: Mr Moon's maw recalls at once every urban legend and horror story about children vanishing in amusement parks

The gates of Melbourne's Luna Park, built 110 years ago: Mr Moon's maw recalls at once every urban legend and horror story about children vanishing in amusement parks. Small wonder, when you are swallowed at the very entrance by so appalling a mouth. One naturally thinks, too, of the island to which disobedient children are sent in The Adventures of Pinocchio.

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

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The gates of Melbourne's Luna Park, built 110 years ago: Mr Moon's maw recalls at once every urban legend and horror story about children vanishing in amusement parks

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

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