I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting children than most.
Enid BlytonYou're trying to escape from your difficulties, and there never is any escape from difficulties, never. They have to be faced and fought.
Enid BlytonThey lay on their heathery beds and listened to all the sounds of the night. They heard the little grunt of a hedgehog going by. They saw the flicker of bats overhead. They smelt the drifting scent of honeysuckle, and the delicious smell of wild thyme crushed under their bodies. A reed-warbler sang a beautiful little song in the reeds below, and then another answered.
Enid BlytonI don't believe in things like that - fairies or brownies or magic or anything. It's old-fashioned.' 'Well, we must be jolly old-fashioned then,' said Bessie. 'Because we not only believe in the Faraway Tree and love our funny friends there, but we go to see them too - and we visit the lands at the top of the Tree as well!
Enid Blyton