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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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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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Coat Full Gentleman Gold Lappet Ruffle Skirt Sword Time
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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Another Bench Country Cup Fire Hand Herself Look Made People Person Sideway Tea Wrinkle
Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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Bunnies Bunny Come Country Down Easter People Person Peter Right Trail
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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Alive Beauty Born Brother Child Children Country Fresh Happen More Sometimes Town
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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Adventure Home Live Stay World
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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Child Idea Myself Sea Trust Water
Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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Amongst Cabbage Lost Potato Shoe
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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Appear Day Master One Own Place Plate Punctually
Sunday, January 27, 1884. — There was another story in the paper a week or so since.
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Another Cat Paper Since Story Sunday Two Weak
Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.
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Bed Eye Fell Flower God Land Lying Rough See Step Thank Walk
I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
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Grew Made Myself Please Stories Up
For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.
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Children Create Hand Imagination Nourishment Observant Quiet Solitary
I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
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Fear Leave Obliged Pudding
Don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
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Accident Country Father Garden People Person Pie
I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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Matter Prejudice Quater Religion Think Thinking Three Tradition
I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.
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Crowns Happy Marriage Old Fashioned
I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.
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Bad Desire Ever Over Poor Rest Stronger Time
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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Afraid Cringingly Doing Edge Failure Inspirational Less People Subsequent Success Work
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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Alive Beauty Born Children Country Happen More Sometimes
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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Beautiful Both Divine Equally Highest Lowest Nature Perfect
Once upon a time there were three kittens, and their names were Mitten, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.
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Cat Doorstep Dust Kitten Name Once Time Upon
A 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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Behavem Table Cat Dinner Favorite Habit Plate Scrap Taight
I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child.
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Believe Child Children Faires Half Real Remember
It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
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Eating Effort Lettuce Much Said Soporific Too
Mrs. Tiggy-winkle’s hand, holding the tea-cup, was very very brown, and very very wrinkly with the soap-suds; and all through her gown and her cap, there were HAIRPINS sticking wrong end out; so that Lucie didn’t like to sit too near her.
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Brown Cap Cup Gown Hold Like Near Soap Stick Tea Wrong
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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Delicious First Something Stories Story Word Writing
Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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Country Garden Little Name Once Rabbit Time Upon

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