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gardeners Quotes

Six of the best book quotes about gardeners
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“The shepherd is slave to the sheep. A gardener is in thrall to his carrots.”
Katherine Dunn
author
Geek Love
book
slave
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sheep
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shepherds
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gardeners
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carrots
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“Mr. McGregor hung up the little jacket and the shoes for a scare–crow to frighten the blackbirds.”
Beatrix Potter
author
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
book
Narrator
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Mr. McGregor
characters
frightening
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gardeners
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get scared
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“But round the end of a cucumber frame, whom should he meet but Mr. McGregor!”
Beatrix Potter
author
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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Narrator
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Peter Rabbit
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Mr. McGregor
characters
fear
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rabbits
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gardeners
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get caught
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“He lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.”
Beatrix Potter
author
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
book
Narrator
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Peter Rabbit
characters
fear
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lost
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running
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running away
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gardeners
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″ ‘If you are a gardener and find me,’ said the little bunny, ‘I will be a bird and fly away from you.’ ”
Margaret Wise Brown
author
The Runaway Bunny
book
Mother
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little bunny
characters
birds
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gardeners
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run away
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to fly
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“Your gardeners do not understand their business: but what can you expect of men whose fathers were cobblers and carpenters? How should they have learned to cultivate your garden?”
Andrew Lang
author
The Blue Fairy Book
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The Old Man
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King
characters
understanding
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expectations
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business
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gardens
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fathers
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gardeners
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to learn
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