metaphor

Life is like a flower with a frog inside. You stick your nose in it so you can enjoy the fragrance, something licks you and you think, "What the hell was that?"

Love is like a snowmobile, racing across the frozen tundra. Suddenly, it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.

FOOTBALL AS A METAPHOR FOR YOUR MISMATCHED RELATIONSHIP HER LIGHTNING WIT YOUR ABILITY TO KEEP UP GET OUT WHILE YOU HAVE A SHRED OF DIGNITY LEFT!

Don't let cat nip become a monkey on your back.

Now, when you say Dumbo "flew" were you speaking metaphorically, or are there some aerodynamic hints in the epilogue?