Paradise Lost III - The Secret Flowers Blooms

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.

Annie was only four years old when she learned that beauty could get her ahead in life, it is just a shame that her forced smile betrays the numbness in her soul.

Annie is already numbed by life; Mary's Cat is often bored with life; Ball Baby is too smart to learn anything; Feifei disagrees for the sake of doing so; Red Horn and Trojan Head both have inexplicable obsessions... loneliness is the one trait they share.