twists Quotes

I guessed where some of the plot twists were going, but I didn’t catch the big one until right before it happened. And there were some twists I never saw coming at all. Completely delightful.

“Try to say this, Mr. Knox, please . . . Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breezy blew. Freezy breezy made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees’ cheese freeze. That’s what made these three free fleas sneeze. ”

“Now his basket was uncomfortable. He twisted and he turned. He wiggled and he wriggled. But it was no good. He could not get comfortable.”

Children relate to Shane automatically (due to his being around 8 – 10 years old) and can relate to the fear of being on the one hand stubborn (as many children are at that age!) and on the other hand unable to support oneself and needing the security of your parents.

“ ‘I never have cared for red hair,’ Nana said fondly, twisting a strand of Posy’s round her finger. ‘Never could fancy it since I got scratched by a ginger cat as a child. But nicely kept it can be striking.’ ”

“Twist and climb, crawl through and climb, climb up, climb up, the jungle, jungle gym. When you reach the goal, there at the top. Ya Ho,Ya Ho Ho!”

″ Lois Sanger, their Patrol Leader, should be the one to take responsibility but instead twists the story to make herself look good. After an agonizing Court of Honour, the twins are asked to leave the company.”