owls Quotes

“Once there were three baby owls: Sarah and Percy and Bill. They lived in a hole in the trunk of a tree with their Owl Mother.”

“The baby owls thought (all owls think a lot)- ‘I think she’s gone hunting,’ said Sarah. ‘To get us our food!’ said Percy. ‘I want my mummy! said Bill”

“The baby owls came out of their house and they sat on the tree and waited.”

“And the baby owls closed their eyes and wished their Owl Mother would come. AND SHE CAME.”

“And some very fat owls who are learning to hoot- But Mr. Magnolia has only one boot.”

“There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, ‘It is just as I feared! - Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard.’ ”

“There, standing by the hole and peering curiously at one of the meatballs, was the smallest owl that he had ever seen. Mullet Fingers chucked him gently on the shoulder. ‘Okay—now do you get it?’ ‘Yeah,’ said Roy. ‘I get it.‘”

″‘It’s about those owls.’ ‘Sure.’ ‘What’s gonna happen to them?’ Officer Delinko asked. ‘Once you start bulldozing, I mean.’ Curly the foreman chuckled. He thought the policeman must be kidding. ‘What owls?’ he said.”

“Now, as we have no passports, we shall have to cross the frontier by night, when no one can see us. We shall leave at dusk and should be there by dawn.”