She would not have hurt the old man’s feelings for anything in the world.
Ralph really felt sorry for the boy, hampered as he was by his youth and his mother.
RALPH S. MOUSE
Daisy picked up the large, limp cat that was almost too heavy for her. This is Clawed, she said. C-l-a-w-e-d, she spelled. Not like a man’s name. My brother named him Clawed because he had been clawed...
BUGLE
Amy thought a moment. How could they get rid of their mother? We could have her away taking care of a sick neighbor, and we are all alone in the house
Ralph curled up on a heap of shredded Kleenex and took a good long nap. When he awoke refreshed, his first thought was of the motorcycle.
PEAS
Poor Miss Binney, dressed like Mother Goose, now had the responsibility of sixty-eight boys and girls.
Neither the mouse nor the boy was the least bit surprised that each could understand the other. Two creatures who shared a love for motorcycles naturally spoke the same language.
Mother, said Ramona urgently. This time she stepped into the hall. Unless we get a ladder (Go back to your room, Ramona) and break the window so we can unlock it, Mother continued, speaking with one s...
Mother, what am I going to do? Beezus demanded. It's checked out on my card and I'm responsible. they won't let me take any more books out of the library, and I won't have anything to read, and it wil...
Handsome
Birthday party,
What’s the use of having a motorcycle if you can’t go tearing around staying out late? Ralph asked reasonably.
The rainy winter days passed quickly. Thanksgiving came and not long afterward Christmas vacation. Ramona missed Daisy, who went with her family to visit her grandparents. When she returned, the girls...
Say, who is this Mr. King? What Mr. King? asked Ramona, walking into his trap. Nosmo King,
Annoying
With gray thread Beezus carefully outlined the steam coming from the teakettle’s spout and thought about her pretty young aunt, who was always so gay and so understanding. No wonder she was Mother’s f...
Willa Jean, pleased to have her grandmother on her side, set a red checker on top of a black checker. Your turn, she said to Ramona as if she were being generous.