The Flyaway Cottage: and Other Stories Quotes

“Two children discover an odd cottage in the forest which is piloted by a faerie’s command.”

“They go with her to other worlds delivering baked goods and various items to creatures. It’s a funny and weird tale.”

“Soon the two children came to the woods. They were glad to get among trees, for they were more sheltered then. They walked through the dripping tress, over the soaking grass. Then suddenly came a gale blustering through the woods that the children were quite frightened.”

“Lenny ate his dinner and thought quite a lot while he ate it. He knew he was lazy. He knew that he left most of the hard work to his cousins. Now he had lost his pound because he had been too lazy to dig, too lazy to go and get his new spade, too lazy to do anything but lie in the sand and watch the others at work.”

″ Joanna and Paul aren’t expecting to find a funny cottage on their way to get some eggs! Find out the secret of this magical house and read all about Little Mr Tuppeny.”

“Read all about Little Mr Tuppeny, the naughty little blacksmith and the adventures of Dicky Dawdle in this fantastic collection of adventurous stories.”

“I’m going off to the shop straight away,′ said Lenny, and he sped off up the beach and on to the front. He went to the shop that sold spades _but he didn’t buy spade.No _he bought a tiny red and blue boat for Karen that cost forty pence.”

“Dick Dawdle was just like his name.He was a real dawdler! He dawdled over his dressing in the morning, so that he was always late for breakfast. He was slow over his porridge, so that he was always late for school.”

“Other stories in this Freddie Has a Job Think Hard, Boatman The Surprising Buns, The Smugglers’ Caves, A Visitor to Dinner Dicky Dawdle’s Adventures and many more...”

“Splash, the ferryman lived in a tiny house beside the river. He had a cheerful-looking little boat painted blue and the oars were orange. The boat was called Here-we-go! and everyone like going across the river in it. Splash was really a very busy little man.”

“Joanna and Paul looked out of the nursery window. It was pouring with rain, and they had to go across the fields to fetch the eggs from the farm. ‘What a nuisance!’ said Paul.”

“Freddie has a job: Next door to Freddie there lived an old man who couldn’t walk. He lays on a couch by his window all day long, and looked out into his garden. His name was Mr Still, and Freddie used to think it was a good name for anyone who had to lie still all day long.”