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Lidie equals Huck, and Lorna equals Jim--Lidie even has a mischievous young cousin who's a stand-in for Tom Sawyer--and the whole point of the book is to shine the harsh light of reality on Twain's irresponsible fantasy.
To this day, for example, we cannot be sure whether it was primitive fear or mischievous humour that inspired a famous Indian woman to introduce herself to white people by her nickname ( Pocahontas , which provocatively suggests `Wanton Valley' or `Wild Place') rather than by her demure real name, Matowaka `Snowflake.
She commissioned Correggio to decorate it in 1519 (his first work) with mischievous putti angels and a very pagan view of Chastity as symbolized by the goddess Diana.
A mischievous friend swears that if you slug back a whole bottle you'll act like Dopey dwarf for a few hours, but I cannot confirm at this time.
The threesome of Harry, Ron Weasely, and Hermione Granger (who is likely to be everybody's favorite character) are believably mischievous, competitive, vain, and, for all their intelligence, prone to childish foolishness (e.g. the clever, studious Hermione's stubborn crush on the egotistical charlatan Professor Lockhart in Chamber of Secrets ).