Ollie's Skip Trip Quotes

“In the next room sat some little girls, knitting ski mittens with long wrislets, and embroidering lovely roses on the mittens. They, too, were working busily, but had time to look at Olle a bit, anyway.”

“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. ”

“Six-year-old Ollie is given his first pair of real skis. As soon as the snow begins to fall he heads off into the woods and meets sparkling Jack Frost.”

“Finally, Mrs. Thaw gets her way, and the lovely snow starts to disappear. Ollie is very upset and wishes it could be winter forever.”

″... until Spring arrives one lovely day when in her carriage, pulled by butterflies.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Jack Frost takes him on an adventure to the palace of King Winter. Ollie has a wonderful time in a huge snowball fight! But will Mrs Thaw return too soon for Ollie to enjoy the snow?”

“Dear child, you must eat first,′ said Mother, ‘and then you must be warmly dressed, because it is cold day.’ And Ollie swallowed his oatmeal and milk, and Mother put on his thick double-breasted jacket and the long mittens and stuffed a sandwich in each pocket, and then said he might stay out until dinner time.”