Sent to Heleen (the Netherlands). I drew the gnome on the envelope; the postcard was bought.
David el Gnomo is a Spanish animated TV series, very famous in the eighties. David and his family were among my favourite characters on books, too. (Gnomes, Smurfs... I was very fond of little beings!)
I was shocked when I discovered that David was actually Dutch! The books were written by the Dutch author Wil Huygen and illustrator Rien Poortvliet (though they claimed that they were written by a Gnome called David).
(By the way, the little letter carrier that I drew is not David, but his chubby cousin!)
This is a bit like my surprise when I found out that the Magic Roundabout was originally French, and not English. My childhood was built on deception!
ReplyDeleteSo was mine! :P
DeleteAnd I was surprised that there has been a movie of David de Kabouter (= the Gnome)!.. I knew the illustrations and have seen some books but I totally have missed the tv series!..
ReplyDeleteThank you for this wonderful mail & mail carrier, Eva!!
DeleteI don't know the film, but the animated series was a big success in the 80s, sure! Now my nieces read my books about David and the life of gnomes.
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