Harold and The Purple Crayon Quotes

“But as he looked down over the other side he slipped-- And there wasn’t any other side of the mountain. He was falling, in thin air. ”

“But, luckily, he kept his wits and his purple crayon. He made a balloon and he grabbed on to it.”

“He made a big building full of windows. He made lots of buildings full of windows. He made a whole city full of windows. But none of the windows was his window. ”

“He made a long straight path so he wouldn’t get lost. And he set off on his walk, taking his big purple crayon with him.”

″ So he put a frightening dragon under the tree to guard the apples.”

“So he laid out a nice simple picnic lunch. There was nothing but pie. But there were all nine kinds of pies that Harold liked best. ”

“The purple crayon dropped on the floor. And Harold dropped off to sleep. ”

“Harold knew that the higher up he went, the farther he could see. So he decided to make the hill into a mountain.”

“The short cut led right to where Harold thought a forest ought to be. He didn’t want to get lost in the woods. So he made a very small forest, with just one small tree in it.”

“None of the windows was his window.”

″ And in no time he was climbing aboard a trim little boat. He quickly set sail.”

“He remembered where his bedroom window was, when there was a moon. It was always right around the moon. And then Harold made his bed.”

“So he left the path for a short cut across a field. And the moon went with him.”