Rufus Quotes

“The ease. Us, the children… I never realized how easily people could be trained to accept slavery”

“Rufus had caused her trouble, and now he had been rewarded for it. It made no sense. No matter how kindly he treated her now that he had destroyed her, it made no sense.”

″...Alec hit him on the cap with his tomahawk and said he was taking him prisoner and Rufus was upset because he’d dropped his whistle in the grass ..”

“When the first day of school arrives and Rufus goes to kindergarten, he takes very seriously the instruction to watch over his young friend Hughie.”

“When Hughie runs away from school and hides on a train, Rufus follows him, and a helpful engineer gets them back just in time for lunch.”

“When food is scarce, he plants some special ‘Rufus beans’ that actually grow... despite his digging them up every day to check on them.”

“Toot-toot!′ Rufus hurried down the street. When he arrived at the library, he hid his scooter in the pine trees that grew under the windows besides the steps. Christmas trees, Rufus called them.”

“Rufus’ teacher will be spending the summer in London, and she tells the class about the wax museum she plans on visiting while she’s there.”