Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers Quotes

“A goose on board! She’ll have to work her passage if she is coming with us to London.”

“But Borka did not go. She could not fly. Instead she went and hid, and watched them leave.”

“Nobody noticed that she was missing.”

“Each year the Plumpsters came back to the marshes and mended their nest. Then Mrs. Plumpster settled down to lay her eggs, and Mr. Plumpster kept guard.”

“Borka did try to learn to swim, but whenever she went in to the water, her jersey took such a long time to dry afterwards that she soon gave up.”

“Sometimes he hissed even if there was nothing in sight. It made him feel important.”

“Borka explained that she only wanted to stay under cover for the night, so Fowler showed her into a part of the hold where there were some old sacks for her to lie on.”

“One fine spring morning there were six baby Plumpsters in the nest. Mr. Plumpster was delighted, and he invited his friends round to celebrate.”

“Borka had a beak, wings, and webbed feet like all her brothers and sisters, but she did not have any feathers.”

“When she had finished, she called Borka and tried it on her. Borka was delighted, and flapped around with joy, because she had always been chilly at night.”