Marco Quotes

“And that is a story that no one can beat, When I say that I saw it on Mulberry Street.”

“Stop telling such outlandish tales. Stop turning minnows into whales.”

“Nothing,” I said, growing red as a beet, “But a plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street.”

He looks at me and sternly says, “Your eyesight’s much too keen.”

“That can’t be my story. That’s only a start. ”

“And that makes a story that’s really not bad! But it still could be better. Suppose that I add…”

“A reindeer is better; he’s fast and he’s fleet, and he’d look mighty smart on old Mulberry Street. ”

“An elephant pulling a thing so light would whip it around in the air like a kite. But he’d look simply grand with a great big brass band!”

“There was so much to tell, I JUST COULDN’T BEGIN!”

“Was there nothing to look at...no people to greet?Did nothing excite you or make your heart beat?”

“None of us even have hiking boots. We’re all wearing sneakers, apart from Marco, who’s wearing rubber thongs. Camp Rolling River is set by an inlet where a river meets the sea. There’s plenty of calm water to swim in. and paddle canoes in, and there are lots of trees.”

“Angelina looked over and saw her friend Marco standing in the doorway. Marco loved playing music. ‘I picked out a new instrument to play,’ he told his friends.”