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Strega Nona Quotes
12 of the best book quotes from Strega Nona
01
“The one thing you must never do,” said Strega Nona, “is touch the pasta pot. It is very valuable and I don’t let anyone touch it!”
Tomie DePaola
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witches
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valuables
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touching
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02
″‘Stop!’ yelled Big Anthony. But the pasta did not stop and if someone hadn’t grabbed poor Big Anthony, the pasta would have covered him up. ”
Tomie DePaola
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Big Anthony
character
mistakes
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unstoppable
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pasta
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03
In a town in Calabria, a long time ago, there lived an old lady everyone called Strega Nona, which meant “Grandma Witch”.
Tomie DePaola
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Strega Nona
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folk stories
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witches
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nicknames
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04
“Although all the people in town talked about her in whispers, they all went to see her if they had troubles. Even the priest and the sister of the convent went, because Strega Nona did have a magic touch.”
Tomie DePaola
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magic
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05
“She could cure a headache, with oil and water and a hairpin. She made special potions for the girls who wanted husbands.”
Tomie DePaola
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magic
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06
“Now, wait,” said Strega Nona. “The punishment must fit the crime.”
Tomie DePaola
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07
“I’ll show them!” he said to himself. “Someday I will get the pasta pot and make it cook! And then they’ll be sorry.”
Tomie DePaola
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Big Anthony
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cooking
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feel sorry
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pasta
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to show everybody
concepts
08
“Everyone get forks and plates and platters and bowls. Pasta for all at Strega Nona’s house. Big Anthony has made the magic pasta pot work.”
Tomie DePaola
author
Strega Nona
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Strega Nona
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Big Anthony
characters
magic
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eating
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pasta
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09
“Big Anthony was a hero! He scooped out pasta and filled the plates and platters and bowls. ”
Tomie DePaola
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Big Anthony
character
heroes
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eating
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pasta
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10
“Bubble, bubble, pasta pot, Boil me some pasta, nice and hot, I’m hungry and it’s time to sup, Boil enough pasta to fill me up.”
Tomie DePaola
author
Strega Nona
book
Strega Nona
character
magic
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pasta
concepts
11
“Enough, enough, pasta pot, I have my pasta, nice and hot, So simmer down my pot of clay, Until I’m hungry another day.”
Tomie DePaola
author
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Strega Nona
character
magic
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pasta
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12
“But too bad for Big Anthony, because he didn’t see Strega Nona blow three kisses to the magic pasta pot.”
Tomie DePaola
author
Strega Nona
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Strega Nona
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Big Anthony
characters
magic
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kissing
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pasta
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