THE SMALL DOG JUMPS INTO THE TEACHER’S ARMS THE TEACHER IS VERY HAPPY!
“GRANNY FIXIT AND THE YELLOW STRING” BY JANE CADWALLADER
“ ‘I AM NOT FOR TEA. I WANT TO PLAY. COME AND CATCH ME!’ THE GINGERBREAD MAN SAYS, AND HE RUNS OUT OF THE GARDEN.” JENNIFER GOSCOIGNE,THE GINGERBREAD MAN
I'M BORED," SAID MAX. "I WISH I HAD A MONSTER, A BIG HAIRY SCARY ONE." "HOW ABOUT A MOUSE?" SAID DAD. "MICE AREN'T VERY SCARY," SAID MAX. "
JUDY WHITE, I WISH I HAD A MONSTER
THERE ARE MANY FLOWERS HERE, BUT DO YOU KNOW WHY MY GARDEN IS SO BEAUTIFUL? BECAUSE THE CHILDREN ARE HERE!
OSCAR WILDE ,THE SELFISH GIANT.
“BUT IT WAS ALWAYS CABBAGE, OR BREAD, OR POTATOES, OR MORE CABBAGE. CHARLIE DREAMED OF EATING SOMETHING ELSE. MOST OF ALL HE DREAMED OF CHOCOLATE!”
ROAL DAHL, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY,
'I'VE FOUND IT, I'VE FOUND IT!' HE SHOUTED. 'FOUND WHAT?' ASKED HIS GRANDPARENTS. 'A GOLDEN TICKET!' ANSWERED CHARLIE.
ROAL DAHL, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY,
“THEY DID NOT WANT TO GET LOST. TOM AND BECKY WANTED TO FIND NEW TUNNELS INSEDE THE CAVE. THEY WALKED AND WALKED UNTIL THEY WERE ALONE. WHERE WERE THE OTHER CHILDREN? THEY WERE LOST!”
MARK TWAIN, TOM SAWYER
“JIM OFTEN LOOKED AT IT AND THOUGHT, “WHAT´S INSIDE?”, “WHY DOESN´T ANYONE LIVE HERE?”. THAT AFTERNOON HE STOPPED IN FRONT OF THE GATE. HE LOOKED AT THE GARDEN AND THE TREES. WHAT A STRANGE PLACE. NO ONE TOOK CARE OF IT.” D. B. CLEMEN, MYSTERY IN SAN FRANCISCO
“I’M NOT ANGRY WITH HIM. I FEEL SORRY FOR HIM BECAUSE HE DOESN’T ENJOY HIS LIFE. HE NEVER LAUGHS. HE DIDN’T WANT TO EAT WITH US TODAY, BUT I’M GOING TO ASK HIM EVERY YEAR. I’LL SAY,” ‘HOW ARE YOU, UNCLE SCROOGE? COME AND EAT WITH US.”
CHARLES DICKENS, A CHRISTMAS CAROL
"PLEASE TELL ME, CHESIRE CAT," SAID ALICE, "WHERE CAN I GO NOW?" "WELL,, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO?" ASKED THE CAT "IT ISN'T VERY IMPORTANT," SAID ALICE. "THEN, IT ISN'T IMPORTANT WHERE YOU GO," SAID THE CAT, SMILING. LEWIS CAROL, ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
IT TOOK ALMOST A MONTH TO START THINGS UP –TO GET NETS, AND A BOAT, AND EVERYTHING. FINALLY, THE DAY CAME WHEN SUE AND I WERE READY TO GO SHRIMPING. AND BY THAT NIGHT WE HAD HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF SHRIMPS IN OUR NETS! IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY SHRIMP BUSINESS. WE WORKED HARD, ALL THAT SUMMER, AND THAT AUTUMN AND WINTER AND THE NEXT SPRING. AND AFTER A YEAR, MOM WAS WORKING FOR ME, AND MR TRIBBLE, AND CURTIS, AND BUBBA’S DADDY. AT THE END OF THAT YEAR, WE HAD THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS! WINSTON GROOM, FORREST GUMP
OBERON: HAVING ONCE THIS JUICE, I’LL WATCH TITANIA, WHEN SHE IS ASLEEP, AND DROP THE LIQUOR OF IT IN HER EYES: THE NEXT THING THEN SHE WAKING LOOKS UPON, (BE IT ON LION, BEAR, OR WOLF, OR BULL, ON MEDDLING MONKEY, OR ON BUSY APE) SHE SHALL PURSUE IT, WITH THE SOUL OF LOVE. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
“I UNDID IT JUST SO MUCH THAT A SINGLE THIN RAY FELL UPON THE VULTURE EYE. AND THIS I DID FOR SEVEN LONG NIGHTS --EVERY NIGHT JUST AT MIDNIGHT --BUT I FOUND THE EYE ALWAYS CLOSED; AND SO IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THE WORK; FOR IT WAS NOT THE OLD MAN WHO VEXED ME, BUT HIS EVIL EYE. AND EVERY MORNING, WHEN THE DAY BROKE, I WENT BOLDLY.”
EDGAR ALLAN POE, THE TELL- TALE HEART
"The devil does not ride us any more. We have come through our crisis, not unscathed of course. His premonition of disaster was correct from the beginning; and like a ranting actress in an indifferent play, I might say that we have paid for freedom. But I have had enough melodrama in this life, and would willingly give my five senses if they could ensure us our present peace and security. Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is ยง quality of thought, a state of mind. "
DAPHNE DU MAURIER, REBECCA