Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
BEATRIX POTTERA gentleman had a favourite cat whom he taught to sit at the dinner table where it behaved very well. He was in the habit of putting any scraps he left onto the cat’s plate.
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Then Mrs. Tiggy-winkle made tea – a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie. They sat before the fire on a bench and looked sideways at one another.
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There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take you.
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One day puss did not take his place punctually, but presently appeared with two mice, one of which it placed on its master’s plate, the other on its own.
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I was a child then, I had no idea what the world would be like. I wished to trust myself on the waters and the sea.
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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.
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The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself.
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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.
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It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born..
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Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: “One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime.
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I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
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Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.
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When gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
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I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child.
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