Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-107.0.41.26-20161206170501/@comment-26174543-20161206205903

I can't comment on what the real world inspiration for the story is, but in-universe it's unlikely that was based on real events (in my opinion, anyhow). It was written around the same time as the Frog's and My Love Romance, which was when she was a young child. And the most likely reason it was referenced to in Madame Merry Go Round because MOTC said she wanted the song "Red Shoes Parade" to be played when they march to utopia (implying that the short story was made into a song in universe, possibly even the same song that we have), and MMGR is supposed to be what happens to her when they actually reach "utopia." Though, of course it's not entirly certain that that's what would happen as Gammon's visions of the future are only right half of the time.