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34b9209 Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something. something someone Enid Blyton
1002457 The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better. stepping-stone tread obstacles Enid Blyton
e429bc3 You're trying to escape from your difficulties, and there never is any escape from difficulties, never. They have to be faced and fought. escape facing-problems fight Enid Blyton
2cc4118 I think people make their own faces, as they grow. people grow growing-up Enid Blyton
9fd6411 I 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
e3070e4 I wonder where you got that idea from? I mean, the idea that it's feeble to change your mind once it's made up. That's a wrong idea, you know. Make up your mind about things, by all means - but if something happens to show that you are wrong, then it is feeble not to change your mind, Elizabeth. Only the strongest people have the pluck to change their minds, and say so, if they see they have been wrong in their ideas. wrong pluck changing-your-mind feeble strenght ideas Enid Blyton
b50807c Hatred is so much easier to win than love - and so much harder to get rid of. love Enid Blyton
c71aef1 I do love the beginning of the summer hols,' said Julian. They always seem to stretch out ahead for ages and ages.' 'They go so nice and slowly at first,' said Anne, his little sister. 'Then they start to gallop. time gallop summer-holidays holidays summer Enid Blyton
b9fae5c Remorse is a terrible thing to bear, Pam, one of the worst of all punishments in this life. To wish undone something you have done, to wish you could look back on kindness to someone you love, instead of on unkindness - that is a very terrible thing. punishments undo-past-mistakes undone unkindness looking-back remorse Enid Blyton
c570173 The point is not that I don't recognise bad people when I see them -- I grant you I may quite well be taken in by them -- the point is that I know a good person when I see one. recognize good-people Enid Blyton
8fc7523 You are honest enough by nature to be able to see and judge your own self clearly - and that is a great thing. Never lose that honesty, Bobby - always be honest with yourself, know your own motives for what they are, good or bad, make your own decisions firmly and justly - and you will be a fine, strong character, of some real use in this muddled world of ours! honesty muddled firm judgement decisions motives Enid Blyton
382954e Soon they were all sitting on the rocky ledge, which was still warm, watching the sun go down into the lake. It was the most beautiful evening, with the lake as blue as a cornflower and the sky flecked with rosy clouds. They held their hard-boiled eggs in one hand and a piece of bread and butter in the other, munching happily. There was a dish of salt for everyone to dip their eggs into. 'I don't know why, but the meals we have on picnics a.. nature indoors picnics outdoors meals eggs food evening Enid Blyton
a1ee393 Well, you know what grown-ups are,' said Dinah. 'They don't think the same way as we do. I expect when we grow up, we shall think like them - but let's hope we remember what it was like to think in the way children do, and understand the boys and the girls that are growing up when we're men and women. Enid Blyton
7f92b52 When you're paid to do a job, it's better to give a few minutes more to it, than a few minutes less. That's one of the differences between doing a job honestly and doing it dishonestly! See? time honestly minutes jobs working Enid Blyton
058082b A clown needn't be the same out of the ring as he has to be when he's in it. If you look at photographs of clowns when they're just being ordinary men, they've got quite sad faces. sadness clowns faces photographs appearances Enid Blyton
a4473c8 Mothers were much too sharp. They were like dogs. Buster always sensed when anything was out of the ordinary, and so did mothers. Mothers and dogs both had a kind of second sight that made them see into people's minds and know when anything unusual was going on. sharp mothers sense Enid Blyton
224d5b1 The little island seemed to float on the dark lake-waters. Trees grew on it, and a little hill rose in the middle of it. It was a mysterious island, lonely and beautiful. All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret - almost magic. "Well," said Jack at last. "What do you think? Shall we run away, and live on the secret island?" "Yes!" whispered all the children. "Let's!" secret island running-away mysterious children lonely Enid Blyton
3da2b77 It wasn't a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked. grown-ups children Enid Blyton
31e505d Here Mr Potts come here you little idiot! Enid Blyton
cc53ad6 They 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. nature heather honeysuckle reeds thyme sounds scents night Enid Blyton
133c854 Well, come back and have tea with us," saidMoon-Face. "Silky's got some Pop Biscuits -andI've made some Google Buns. I don't often makethem-and I tell you they're a treat!" fiction humor Enid Blyton
5671e7d The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before - but now, swimming in the hot June haze, it seemed more enchanting than ever. As they drew near to it, and saw the willow trees that bent over the water-edge and heard the sharp call of moorhens that scuttled off, the children gazed in delight. Nothing but trees and birds and little wild animals. Oh, what a secret island, all for their very own, to live on .. nature secret enchanting haze willows island june mysterious Enid Blyton
1b091ca You simply never know about people,' thought Elizabeth. 'You think because they're timid they'll always be timid, or because they're mean they'll always be mean. But they can change awfully quickly if they are treated right. Enid Blyton
9ab74b1 Oh, I wish I lived in a caravan!' said Jimmy longingly. 'How lovely it must be to live in a house that has wheels and can go away down the lanes and through the towns, and stand still in fields at night! wheels fields towns house longing Enid Blyton
faca2f4 I'm good at exploring roofs. You never know when that kind of thing comes in useful. roofs rooftops Enid Blyton
5a8e678 Nothing like having a bucket of cold water flung over you to make you see things as they really are! Enid Blyton
b6dad69 The moon was coming slowly up over the hill in front of them. The countryside was bathed in light, pale and cold and silvery. Everything could be seen quite plainly, and Lotta and Jimmy thought it was just like daytime with the colours missing. moon silvery moonlight Enid Blyton
ed9ea14 It was such a lovely day too, and the sky and sea were so blue. They sat eating and drinking, gazing out to sea, watching the waves break into spray over the rocks beyond the old wreck. Enid Blyton
71a77a3 You think if someone does a brave deed quite suddenly, then he or she could never do a mean one? You are wrong. We all have good and bad in us, and we have to strive all the time to make the good cancel out the bad. We can never be perfect - we all of us do mean or wrong things at times - but we can at least make amends by trying to cancel out the wrong by doing something worthy later on. good bravery inspirational Enid Blyton
a51544c Mr. Galliano wore his big top-hat very much on one side of his head, so much so that Jimmy really wondered why it didn't fall off. 'When Galliano wears his hat on one side the circus is taking lots of money,' said Lotta to him. 'But when you see him wearing it straight up, then you know things are going badly. He gets into a bad temper then, and I hide under the caravan when I see him coming. I've never seen his hat so much on one side befo.. top-hat hats excitement Enid Blyton
80a72e9 Jimmy held on to the reins for dear life, and thought that a horse was about the most slippery creature to sit on that he had ever met. He slithered first one way and then another, and at last he slid off altogether and landed with a bump on the ground. Sticky Stanley and Lotta held on to one another and laughed till the tears ran down their faces. They thought it was the funniest sight in the world to see poor Jimmy slipping about on the .. reins slippery horseback-riding laughing humourous horses Enid Blyton
80572d9 I believe anyone could light a cigarette from the sparks that fly from your eyes! Enid Blyton
fd31ee8 Today it was Felicity who crept up behind, gave Jo an enormous shove, and landed her in the pool with a colossal splash! Jo came up, gasping and spluttering, furiously angry. When she had got the water out of her mouth, she turned on the laughing Felicity. 'You beast! That's the second time you've done that. Enid Blyton
b279bcd Not at all,' said Moon-Face, leading them up a little lane through the Enid Blyton
80ddb4c Strong underneath, though!' decided Julian. 'There's no softness there, if you ask me. I think Emma's got authority but it's the best sort. It's quiet authority . . .' 'Rita wasn't exactly loud, Martin!' Elizabeth pointed out, rather impatiently. 'I bet Rita was very like Emma before she was elected head girl. Was she, Belinda? You must have been at Whyteleafe then.' Belinda had been at Whyteleafe longer than the others. She had joined in t.. Enid Blyton
bfe3bfc Adventures always come to the adventurous, there's no doubt about that! Enid Blyton
4c0c2dc IV THE HO-HO WIZARD Enid Blyton
7fd634e It was just like seeing Enid Blyton
8c72b58 hunt Enid Blyton
0371b34 THE NEXT day another Secret Seven meeting was held, but this time it was at Colin's, in his little summer-house. It wasn't such a good place as Peter's shed, because it had an open doorway with no door, and they were not allowed to have an oil-stove in it. However, Colin's mother had asked all the Secret Seven to tea, so it was clear they would have to have their next meeting at his house, and the little summer-house was the only place wher.. Enid Blyton
2a2e289 You may be a failure at the moment - but you're a very fine failure, Darrell! You're a lot better than some people who think they're a success. Enid Blyton
5474eb4 extraordinary, Enid Blyton
f62bce4 Julian were soaked. Enid Blyton
a75cc8a Well, go back and do a bit of howling yourself,' suggested George. 'It may frighten the howler as much as his howling scared you.' 'Not a chance,' said Julian promptly. 'I'm not going in for any howling matches.' He burrowed down under the rug for his binoculars and slung them round his neck. 'I'm Enid Blyton
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