Robert Munsch Quotes

“The son went to his mother. He picked her up and rocked her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.”

“A mother held her new baby and very slowly rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.”

“The baby grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was two years old, and he ran all around the house. He pulled all the books off the shelves.”

“If all the lights in her son’s house were out, she opened his bedroom window, crawled across the floor, and looked up over the side of his bed. If that great big man was really asleep she picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.”

“I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, As long as I’m living, My baby you’ll be.”

“Sometimes his mother wanted to sell him to the zoo!”

“Well, that mother, she got older. She got older and older and older.”

“Sometimes his mother felt like she was in a zoo!”

“She opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor, looked up over the side of his bed; and if he was really asleep she picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.”

“He grew until he was a teenager. He had strange friends and he wore strange clothes and he listened to strange music.”

“I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, As long as I’m living my Mommy you’ll be.”

“The dragon took another huge breath, but this time nothing came out. The dragon didn’t even have enough fire left to cook a meatball.”

“Elizabeth was a beautiful princess. She lived in a castle and had expensive princess clothes. She was going to marry a prince named Ronald.”

“Well, a princess! I love to eat princesses, but I have already eaten a whole castle today. I am a very busy dragon. Come back tomorrow.”

“Elizabeth decided to chase the dragon and get Ronald back. She looked everywhere for something to wear, but the only thing she could find that was not burnt was a paper bag. So she put on the paper bag and followed the dragon.”

“They didn’t get married after all.”

“Is it true that you are the smartest and fiercest dragon in the whole world?”

“Dragon took another huge breath and breathed out so much fire he burnt up one hundred forests.”

“He was tired when he got back, but Elizabeth shouted, ‘Fantastic, do it again!’ So the dragon jumped up and flew around the whole world in just twenty seconds. ”

“Elizabeth walked right over the dragon and opened the door to the cave.”

“Elizabeth, you are a mess! you smell like ashes, your hair is all tangled, and your wearing an old paper bag. Come back when you are dressed like a real princess.”

“Ronald, your clothes are really pretty and your hair is neat. You look like a real prince, but you are a bum.”