Over smooth,
Glorious
We haven't really got anything worth having for our wishes.''We've had things happening,' said Robert; 'that's always something.''It's not enough, unless they're the right things,' said Cyril firmly.
They call it love, said Vernon. I don't know what they mean by it. What do mean [by love]?I don't exactly know, said Temple slowly. I suppose it's wanting to be with a person, and thinking about noth...
Sometimes she would sigh when she opened them and say:— Another story come home to roost. Oh, dear, Oh, dear! and then the children would be very sorry.
Psammead
My Lamb, you are so very small, You have not learned to read at all; Yet never a printed book withstands The urgence of your dimpled hands. So, though this book is for yourself, Let mother keep it on...
It was to keep it whole.
Don't bother about believing it, if you don't like it,' said the Princess. 'It doesn't so much matter what you believe as what I am.
Daddy dear, I'm only fourAnd I'd rather not be more.Four's the nicest age to be,Two and two and one and three.What I love is two and two,Mother, Peter, Phil, and you.What you love is one and three,Mot...
Yes, I know, Lionel interrupted. Well, I shall read them all. I love to read. I am so glad I learned to read.
They reached the station and spent a joyous two hours with the Porter. He was a worthy man and seemed never tired of answering the questions that begin with Why— which many people in higher ranks of l...
They didn't know being dead is only being asleep, and you're bound to wake up somewhere or other, either where you go to sleep or some better place.
Perhaps she did more than anyone else, for she slapped the King and put him to bed without his tea,
Oh, if I could choose, said Mabel, of course I’d marry a brigand, and live in his mountain fastness, and be kind to his captives and help them to escape and- You’ll be a real treasure to your husband....
Mother did not spend all her time in paying dull calls to dull ladies, and sitting dully at home waiting for dull ladies to pay calls to her. She was almost always there, ready to play with the childr...
In such delightful conversation the time went by all too quickly. The Station Master came out once or twice from that sacred inner temple behind the place where the hole is that they sell you tickets...
I say, Phyllis suggested, let's all wave to the Green Dragon as it goes by. If it's a magic dragon, it'll understand and take our loves to Father. And if it isn't, three waves aren't much. We shall ne...
How many miles to Babylon?Three score and ten!Can I get there by candle light?Yes, and back again!
Did it really,