Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it.

My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important.

You see, now that trials have come, they have shown that I am NOT a nice child. I was afraid they would. Perhaps... that is what they were sent for... I suppose there MIGHT be good in things, even if we don't see it.

She looked into the staring glass eyes and complacent face, and suddenly a sort of heartbroken rage seized her. She lifted her little savage hand and knocked Emily off the chair, bursting into a passion of sobbing- Sara who never cried.

Magic is in her just as it is in Dickon," said Colin. "It makes her think of ways to do things - nice things.

I don't know who it is," she said; "but somebody cares for me a little. I have a friend.

To speak robin to a robin is like speaking French to a Frenchman