And Miss Potter? Well, having believed in fairies when she was a child and continuing to believe in the creative power of the imagination, she was not at all bothered by the possibility that she and t...
Grown up at last and required to live all day long in the real world, it now seemed to Beatrix that imaginary fairies were of a great deal more use than real ones. And I think we must agree with her o...
So the badger poked up the fire, poured himself another cup of tea, and went back to the History to read the curious story of the Fern Vale dwelves, a story (he suspected) that was mostly unknown to t...
But as it turned out, the two had a great deal in common, for both Bailey and Thackeray (named for the famous novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, author of Vanity Fair) were devoted bibliophiles who...
I’m sure of one thing, she said earnestly. It hurts to—to let go of anything beautiful. But something will come to take its place, something different, of course, but better. The future’s always bette...
The worst thing about talk ... is that there's no way to lay it to rest. Every fresh breeze brings a new speculation.
Never ask, never get, the dog replied. Never try, never taste. Never taste, never enjoy.