children-fantasy Quotes

“One morning the mailman brought her a peculiar O-shaped box. Madame Bodot screamed when she opened it. was a snake her son had sent her for her birthday.”

“One day, after a big snowstorm, the Little Red Engine rises to the occasion and proves he is worthy of being a main line engine--he is given a special name by order of the king.”

“Little train on a branch line saves the day when the bigger engines are out of commission and gets his own special name, not just Engine 394.”

″...where the great main line to the North, and the great main line to the South met the little branch line on which the Little Red Engine was running.”

“And the Little Red Engine could only sight with envy, because how could it tell when the others were exaggerating?”

″... but the Little Red Engine had no name at all, only a number written in black, 394, for it only worked on a branch line, and the others were Main Line engines.”

“One morning, after a fierce storm, the people of the harbour come down to find a strange ship called the Neversink stuck fast on top of the sand dunes.”

″ Inside is only a small boy with a big cap - The Little Captain.”

“He and his ship stay marooned on top of the dunes until one day a giant wave sweeps the Neversink to freedom.”

“The heroine of their book has a problem. And at first it does not look as though Mr. Rabbit is going to be much help in solving it.”

“For everyone knows you cannot give your mother a red roof, a yellow taxi-cab, a green caterpillar, or a blue lake for her birthday. ”

“But then all the little girl had said was that her mother liked red, yellow, green and blue -- and so Mr. Rabbit was trying.”

“But then all the little girl had said was that her mother liked red, yellow, green and blue -- and so Mr. Rabbit was trying.”

“Something blue, maybe,” said the little girl. “Lakes are blue,” said the rabbit. “But I can’t give her a lake, you know,” said the little girl.”

“For everyone knows you cannot give your mother a red roof, a yellow taxi-cab, a green caterpillar, or a blue lake for her birthday. ”

“The Camel closed up until it was flying beside him; the pilot smiling. Biggles showed his teeth in what he imagined to be an answering smile.”

“The last four gnomes in Great Britain live beside Folly Brook in Warwickshire; they are named after the flowers Baldmoney, Sneezewort, Dodder and Cloudberry.”

“Baldmoney acts as the navigator and mechanic on the gnomes’ boat Jeanie Deans, and later invented a glider named Wonderbird.”

“Squirrel is the gnomes’ friend who accompanies them on their adventures. Ben is an owl who provides the gnomes with mouse skins for clothing.”

“Ooooooo, I absolutely love math.”

“Then the busy hands fitted the legs to the torso, then they fitted the arms, each fitting the other, and the torso stood up with legs and arms but not head. It walked about the beach, holding its eyes up in its hands, searching for its lost head.”

“The hand with the eye fastened itself on the wrist of the arm. The arm stood up and walked in its hand. The other hand clung on behind as before, and this strange trio went searching.”

“One day, the children were in the woodshed looking for a stick to use as a riding crop, when they found a broken umbrella. They decided it would make perfect wings for their dragon, and they fastener it to the old tree trunk.”

“At the palace, Ollie meets children helping to make Christmas presents—that is, until break time, when they rush outside for a big snowball fight.”

“inside there was a great room where King Winter sat, tall and stern, in his ice throne, with a walrus on each side. For the first time Ollie felt cold, for he was almost a little afraid of King Winter. ”

“At the edge of the woods he said good-by to Ollie, who came home so full of his adventure that he could hardly eat his dinner; he just wanted to talk and talk about all that he had done.”

“The Duchess of Whimsy spins a tender tale of two royals who discover each other over a grilled cheese sandwich, and defy expectations by proving that people are often more than they seem. ”

“He talks only to the most level-headed of people on the most drab of topics. But the one thing he can not be is extraordinarily whimsical. Or so everyone thought...”

“But the one thing she can not stand is boring normal. Or so everyone thought...”

“On Dinah’s first day at school she senses something is wrong. The kids work even during playtime, and are neat and behave well but what is the secret of the Headmaster’s control over them, and why are they afraid?”

“Chicken.′ ‘Yes, Papa?’ ‘You interrupted the story. Try not to get so involved.’ ‘I’m sorry, Papa. But she really was a witch.’ ‘Well, you’re supposed to be relaxing so you can fall asleep.”

“Oh, Papa. I couldn’t let that little chicken get all upset over an acorn! Please read one more story, and I promise I’ll fall asleep.′ ‘But Chicken,’ said Papa, ‘we are out of stories.”

“Crystal-Voice, a large bear who longed to see the world, has escaped from the zoo.”

“At first, their life together is a bit strange, what with Stony always drawing attention to himself so that someone might find him.”

“But as their friendship grows, they discover how much fun they can have together.”

“Humorous and heartwarming, this is a memorable story about three companions who learn to rely on themselves and each other.”