the garden Quotes

“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.”

“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.”