Status Updates From Mary Poppins

“Bad Tuesday” depicts Michael having terrible day. No reason is given and it seems to get worse as the day progresses. His sinfulness springs from a weight in his chest which encourages him to “not care!” And it only abates when he, like Scrooge, is faced with deadly judgement. The magic compass that allows for world teleportation is the mechanism of his journey but no real explanation is given to Michael.

I should mention that it is in chapter three that the tea party on the ceiling with Uncle Wig takes place. Here Poppins is in control but becomes irritated when Jane and Michael try to talk to her about U cow Wig and the affects of laughing gas.

Chapter five presents an explanatory narrative of the cow sho jumped over the moon. (I’m reminded that Tolkien presented a redoing of the rhyme in “The Fellowship of the Ring.” Mary gives the story in an almost trance and seems annoyed when she comes out of it. The cow searching for a magic star at the end is also interesting.