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A Lion in the Meadow Quotes
10 of the best book quotes from A Lion in the Meadow
01
″‘Mother, there is a lion in the meadow.’ The mother said, ‘Nonsense, little boy.‘”
Margaret Mahy
author
A Lion in the Meadow
book
the little boy (A Lion in the Meadow)
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the mother (A Lion in the Meadow)
characters
lions
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meadows
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nonsense
concepts
02
“Mother, there is a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow!”
Margaret Mahy
author
A Lion in the Meadow
book
the little boy (A Lion in the Meadow)
ᐧ
the mother (A Lion in the Meadow)
characters
lions
ᐧ
meadows
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big
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yellow
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whiskers
concepts
03
“Little boy, you are making up stories again. There is nothing in the meadow but grass and trees. Go into the meadow and see for yourself.”
Margaret Mahy
author
A Lion in the Meadow
book
the mother (A Lion in the Meadow)
ᐧ
the little boy (A Lion in the Meadow)
characters
make-believe
ᐧ
stories
ᐧ
meadows
ᐧ
grass
ᐧ
trees
ᐧ
seeing for yourself
concepts
04
“Mother, I’m scared to go into the meadow, because of the lion which is there.”
Margaret Mahy
author
A Lion in the Meadow
book
the little boy (A Lion in the Meadow)
ᐧ
the mother (A Lion in the Meadow)
characters
lions
ᐧ
meadows
ᐧ
scared
concepts
05
″... Do you see this matchbox? Take it out into the meadow and open it. It will be a tiny dragon. The tiny dragon will grow into a big dragon.”
Margaret Mahy
author
A Lion in the Meadow
book
the mother (A Lion in the Meadow)
character
make-believe
ᐧ
matchboxes
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dragons
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growing
concepts
06
“Suddenly the door opened. In rushed a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion. ‘Hide me!’ it said. ‘A dragon is after me!‘”
Margaret Mahy
author
A Lion in the Meadow
book
the lion (A Lion in the Meadow)
character
hiding
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dragons
ᐧ
chasing
ᐧ
lions
concepts
07
“That dragon grew too big. There is no lion in the meadow now. There is a DRAGON in the meadow.”
Margaret Mahy
author
A Lion in the Meadow
book
the little boy (A Lion in the Meadow)
character
lions
ᐧ
dragons
ᐧ
too big
ᐧ
meadows
concepts
08
″‘You should have left me alone,’ said the lion. ‘I eat only apples.‘”
Margaret Mahy
author
A Lion in the Meadow
book
the lion (A Lion in the Meadow)
character
apples
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left alone
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alone
concepts
09
“The little boy and the big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion went to play in the other meadow. The dragon stayed where he was and nobody minded.”
Margaret Mahy
author
A Lion in the Meadow
book
the little boy (A Lion in the Meadow)
ᐧ
the lion (A Lion in the Meadow)
characters
dragons
ᐧ
lions
ᐧ
playing
ᐧ
do not mind
concepts
10
“So the lion in the meadow became a house lion and lived in the broom cupboard, and when the little boy had apples, stories and a goodnight hug, the lion had apples, stories and a goodnight hug as well.”
Margaret Mahy
author
A Lion in the Meadow
book
the little boy (A Lion in the Meadow)
ᐧ
the lion (A Lion in the Meadow)
characters
apples
ᐧ
stories
ᐧ
goodnight
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hugs
concepts
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The Handmaid's Tale
The Jungle Book
the little boy (A Lion in the Meadow)
the mother (A Lion in the Meadow)
lions
meadows
nonsense
big
yellow
whiskers
make-believe
stories
grass
trees
seeing for yourself
scared
matchboxes
dragons
growing
hiding
chasing
the lion (A Lion in the Meadow)
too big
apples
left alone
alone
playing
do not mind
goodnight
hugs
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