Hey, Ben. Why not animate the book Pilgrim's Progress? I've always thought it would make a great movie (well, there IS a live action movie of it, I believe, that I have yet to see. it's rather dated). But it fits your description almost exactly. If you haven't read it, you MUST. At least do a google on it and consider reading it. :) I plan on attempting to animate some scenes from it, once I'm at Southern Adventist University, studying character animation. But I'm getting ahead of myself... still have to get out of highschool and through the first year of college! :D