the garden Quotes

“Tolly’s discovery of the “other” children and the mouse and so many remarkable things in the garden are appreciated as extraordinary but without a sense of incredulity.”

“They were sitting in a flower-bed at their home, the garden of Number 5A of a row of semi-detached houses in a suburban street. On the other side of the road was a Park, very popular with local hedgehogs on account of the good hunting it offered.”

“When we buried the dog in the garden on the grave we put a cross and the tall man next door was cross. ‘Animals have no soul, he said. ‘They must have animal souls,’ we said.”