I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.

I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.

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.

This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.

We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.

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.

Thank goodness my education was neglected.