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. 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.
Beatrix PotterIt sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born
Beatrix PotterFor quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.
Beatrix PotterOnce upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
Beatrix Potter