to rub Quotes

“She rubbed its rough surface and felt a twinkle of joy. ‘Maybe it’s a sign.’ ‘For what?’ asked Mama.”

“When the beautiful Princess Alicia consents to partake of the salmon- as I think she will- you will find she will leave a fish-bone on her plate. Tell her to dry it, and to rub it, and to polish it till it shines like mother-of-pearl, and to take care of it as a present from me.”

“So she took out of her pocket the magic fish-bone that had been dried and rubbed and polished till it shone like mother-of-pearl; and gave it one little kiss and wished it was quarter day.”

“Little Brown Bear rubs soap on his hands and washes himself.”