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Playgrounds At Pixie Woods, Stockton
Playgrounds and play areas inside the Pixie Woods Children's Theme Park.
Crooked House Fire Station Playground Neptune's Lunar Landing Old West Sounds Playground
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Crooked House, Playground At Pixie Woods, A Children's Theme Park, Stockton, California

The title refers to a nursery rhyme ("There Was a Crooked Man"), a common theme of the author. Narrator Charles's fiancie Sophia says it refers not to dishonesty, but rather "we hadn't been able to grow up independent. . .twisted and twining," meaning unhealthily interdependent on the intensely strong personality of the family patriarch, Aristide Leonides. [from wikipedia]

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Fire Station Playground, At Pixie Woods

A full sized fire engine was part of one of the playgrounds inside the park.

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Neptune's Lunar Landing, At Pixie Woods

A swimming pool (neptune) had been converted into a alien-themed (lunar lander) play area.

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Old West, Playground At Pixie Woods

A recreation of an old western town used as a play area for children.

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Sounds Playground, At Pixie Woods, A Children's Theme Park

A playground filled with bells and other sound producing devices.


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