Paradise Lost II - The Childhood That Snowed

The lost paradise is as much a place as it is a state of mind and a color.

In the Paradise Lost series, Jimmy Liao introduces in each of the 5-volume books a dozen children, each of which has been hurt in a special way. Some are shy and lonely, some are forced to grow up too early, and some never got a childhood. Their innocent words are an expression of the confusion we once had and the emotions we could not understand. If we listen quietly, we can feel the gentle light of the lost paradise casting a smiley rainbow upon them all.

No one knows what the Bandage Boy really looks like, not even himself, or even why he became bandaged in the first place. Time makes people forget, and forgetting is the best antidote to human misery.

Crosses Bear tries its best to forget the sorrows of the past, the friendly Blackfaced Doll is cruelly treated by its master; Scarhead Tony really is just too shy, and Braised Egg can't do anything without a wish... they have all been deeply hurt. Who wants to be their friend? A quiet and gentle hug is all that it takes to heal a wounded heart.