There are some things, however, that we cannot fathom by thinking about them, but only by experience. When Bastian happens upon an old book called The Neverending. Involuntarily Bastian ducked when Grograman's voice once again made the earth tremble: 'What do you know about wishes? How would you know what's good and what isn't?' In the days that followed Bastian thought a good deal about what the Many-Colored Death had said. Read the book that inspired the classic coming-of-age film From award-winning German author Michael Ende, The Neverending Story is a classic tale of one boy and the book that magically comes to life. His ears lay flat, he screwed up his nose, and his eyes flashed fire. The lion lashed the sand he was lying on with his tail. 'Do you mean because our wishes aren't always good?' Bastian asked. 'It requires the greatest honesty and vigilance, because there's no other journey on which it's so easy to lose yourself forever.' 'It is the most dangerous of all journeys.' 'That doesn't sound so hard,' said Bastian. It will take you to what you really and truly want.' 'By going the way of your wishes, fro one to another, from first to last. 'It's your own deepest secret and you don't know it.' 'It means that you must do what you really and truly want. 'No,' he said in his deep rumbling voice. Don't you think so?Īll at once Grograman's face looked alarmingly grave, and his eyes glowed. more Get 45 off YouTube TV with code HOLIDAY Enjoy 100+ live. From award-winning German author Michael Ende, The Neverending Story is a classic tale of one boy and the book that magically comes to life. English edition first published in 1983.more. ' 'Do what you wish.' That must mean I can do anything I feel like. I unbox The Neverending Story by Michael Ende first published in German in 1979. Soon, however, Bastian must realise that he is more than an. Full of enthusiasm, he takes part in the adventures of its hero Atreyu and in his dangerous mission: He is supposed to save the dreamland Phantsia and its sovereign the Childlike Empress. “What do you suppose it means?' he asked. A mysterious book fascinates young Bastian: The Neverending Story.