The little island seemed to float on the dark lake-waters. Trees grew on it, and a little hill rose in the middle of it. It was a mysterious island, lonely and beautiful.
ENID BLYTONThey saw the flicker of bats overhead. They smelt the drifting scent of honeysuckle, and the delicious smell of wild thyme crushed under their bodies. A reed-warbler sang a beautiful little song in the reeds below, and then another answered.
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I think people make their own faces, as they grow.
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They lay on their heathery beds and listened to all the sounds of the night. They heard the little grunt of a hedgehog going by.
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The children gazed in delight. Nothing but trees and birds and little wild animals. Oh, what a secret island, all for their very own, to live on and play on.
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Never lose that honesty, Bobby – always be honest with yourself, know your own motives for what they are, good or bad, make your own decisions firmly and justly – and you will be a fine, strong character, of some real use in this muddled world of ours!
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They saw the flicker of bats overhead. They smelt the drifting scent of honeysuckle, and the delicious smell of wild thyme crushed under their bodies. A reed-warbler sang a beautiful little song in the reeds below, and then another answered.
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It was the most beautiful evening, with the lake as blue as a cornflower and the sky flecked with rosy clouds. They held their hard-boiled eggs in one hand and a piece of bread and butter in the other, munching happily.
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My work in books, films and talks lies almost wholly with children, and I have very little time to give to grown-ups.
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It wasn’t a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.
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Soon they were all sitting on the rocky ledge, which was still warm, watching the sun go down into the lake.
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The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before – but now, swimming in the hot June haze, it seemed more enchanting than ever.
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We must have Christian ethics for our children, good and strong, but we must make them attractive, too, and it can be done.
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There was a dish of salt for everyone to dip their eggs into. ‘I don’t know why, but the meals we have on picnics always taste so much nicer than the ones we have indoors,’ said George.
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Oh, I wish I lived in a caravan!’ said Jimmy longingly. ‘How lovely it must be to live in a house that has wheels and can go away down the lanes and through the towns, and stand still in fields at night!
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Well, you know what grown-ups are,’ said Dinah. ‘They don’t think the same way as we do.
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Hatred is so much easier to win than love – and so much harder to get rid of.
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All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret – almost magic.
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The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones.
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Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.
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Here Mr Potts come here you little idiot!
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Mothers were much too sharp. They were like dogs. Buster always sensed when anything was out of the ordinary, and so did mothers.
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Elizabeth. Only the strongest people have the pluck to change their minds, and say so, if they see they have been wrong in their ideas.
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You are honest enough by nature to be able to see and judge your own self clearly – and that is a great thing.
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As they drew near to it, and saw the willow trees that bent over the water-edge and heard the sharp call of moorhens that scuttled off,
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I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting children than most.
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To wish undone something you have done, to wish you could look back on kindness to someone you love, instead of on unkindness – that is a very terrible thing.
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Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
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