Jane said, "I think it would be perfectly lovely. It's like a bright dream of delirium."
They found the sand-fairy easily. Anthea said:
"I wish we all had beautiful wings to fly with."
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"I heard father say the other day people got diseases from germans in rain water. ..."
"What are germans?"
"Little waggly things you see with microscopes," said Cyril with a scientific air.
(E. Nesbit, Five Children and It)
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I consider this an insult!
Nice addition to the sidebar, by the way.
Miles thought it was hysterically funny when we read it this evening.
achooo!
Gesundheit!
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