**Author's Note** Yes, this was going to be exactly what the name indicated, and so much more. Based on Dora the Explorer, this would have been a massive crossover, with a more grown up Dora exploring through the worlds of Charlie the Unicorn, Barney, and eventually going down into Middle Earth to pay a visit to Mordor. Before you even ask NO. I DO NOT WATCH IT. GAH. *ahem*Also contains another song. Now I present what would have been-
The Epic of Dora
The seasons danced, hand in hand
From earth to sky, green to white;
Wheat to chaff, day until night
From sorrow to joy, dreams to fears:
Round Dora, they danced for thirteen years.
A midsummer's night, nine hours before the dawn
The seconds pranced and then were gone.
Dora sighed, in the pale moonlight
Sleep had not come easy that night
For her childhood was long gone.
Eighteen summers had she seen
On great adventures, she had been
Boots, Diego, and all her friends-
Could time those faded bonds amend?
For their absence was quite keen.
Wetly, Dora's eyes did glisten.
Tired, she walked softly to the kitchen
To have a little midnight snack,
Though cookies never brought them back;
A glass of milk could not listen.
The 'fridge handle creaked, overused
Dora squinted, slightly confused:
She couldn't quite see clearly tonight
And the milk jug wasn't in her sight!
She looked aside and asked, "What should I do?"
Invisible friends excitedly said,
"Try looking behind the cabbage head!"
Dora moved the vegetable, and there it was.
Her smile slowly resumed because
Her invisible friends were not dead.
Then she got out her favorite cup
Poured the milk and filled it up.
Dora then took a quick sip
A milk mustache formed on her lip
She had sipped just enough.
Next, Dora opened the cookie jar,
Which resembled a tyrannosaur.
Five oatmeal cookies were there;
She took three and sat in a chair,
And looked out the window to the stars.
The first two cookies were eaten before long,
But Dora paused before the third was gone.
She didn't want to forget her former peers;
Or, perhaps forget them! as they caused these fears.
She whispered her doubts into a song:
"Maybe I've been a fool,
Just wandering 'round this world
Looking for answers
But I could never find the truth
I feel like a liar
Who only fooled myself
Never listened to reason
Or to anything else
These days, it seems my heart
Doesn't belong here anymore
'Cause I'm a wanderer
Here upon this world
Just following my heart
Wherever it may lead me..."
With a sigh the third was dipped and eaten;
With a sigh Dora gave in to reason:
Her young dreams had grown old.
The cookies sweet, and milk cold-
Her midnight snack was completed.
Then with fanfare cheery and bright
A grasshopper, snail, and frog danced in her sight
They happily sung in a round
Dora's jaw fell to the ground
She hadn't forseen this tonight.
"Milk and cookies, milk and cookies,
Milk and cookies, Dora!
Milk and cookies, Milk and cookies,
Let's shout hooray! for Dora!
Milk and cookies, milk and cookies,
The weeping one, Dora!
The weeping one, the weeping one,
Lament with us, Dora!
Purple and green, blue with pink
The weeping one, Dora!
A darkened land, the blue with pink,
Lament with us, Dora!
Gentel forest woods, the stealer of goods,
The weeping one, Dora!
Ocean floor, the opened door,
Lament with us, Dora!
Purple and green must in all be free,
The weeping one, Dora!
Tears and fire must not meet,
Lament with us, Dora!
The weeping one, the weeping one,
Milk and cookies, Dora!
Milk and cookies, milk and cookies,
Let's shout hooray! for Dora!
Milk and cookies, milk and cookies,
Milk and cookies, Dora!
Milk and cookies, milk and cookies,
THE DAWN SHALL BRING THE SIGN!"