Once on a TimeThe story of an hilarious war between two countries involving cloaks of darkness, magic swords and a prince who has been turned into a peculiar kind of animal. Suggested level: primary, intermediate. |
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... laugh . " " Well , it was funny of her to make Woggs march round and round that tree like that , wasn't it ? " " The " Like what ? You don't mean- Princess's eyes were wide open with as- tonishment . " Was that Woggs all the time ...
... laugh . " " Well , it was funny of her to make Woggs march round and round that tree like that , wasn't it ? " " The " Like what ? You don't mean- Princess's eyes were wide open with as- tonishment . " Was that Woggs all the time ...
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... laugh . " My physical exercises a forearm movement . Once again she stretched out her arm . " Building up the - er - building up - build- ing up- 99 Her voice died away , for the Princess still looked coldly at her . " Charming ...
... laugh . " My physical exercises a forearm movement . Once again she stretched out her arm . " Building up the - er - building up - build- ing up- 99 Her voice died away , for the Princess still looked coldly at her . " Charming ...
Page 119
... be very beautiful , " he added lamely . Coronel laughed . There are adventures and adventures ; to sit next to a very beautiful Princess and discuss with her the good looks of another man was not the sort of 119 SLEEPS BADLY.
... be very beautiful , " he added lamely . Coronel laughed . There are adventures and adventures ; to sit next to a very beautiful Princess and discuss with her the good looks of another man was not the sort of 119 SLEEPS BADLY.
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... shudder . " Coronel , hadn't you a sense of being out of some joke that she was in ? " " Perhaps we shall be in it before long . I could laugh very easily on a morning like this . " " Oh , I can see a joke as well 128 PRINCE UDO.
... shudder . " Coronel , hadn't you a sense of being out of some joke that she was in ? " " Perhaps we shall be in it before long . I could laugh very easily on a morning like this . " " Oh , I can see a joke as well 128 PRINCE UDO.
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... laugh , too . No doubt it will make a good story , whatever it is , to tell to the Princess Hyacinth . Coronel , " he added solemnly , the thought having evidently only just oc- curred to him , " I am all impatience to help that poor ...
... laugh , too . No doubt it will make a good story , whatever it is , to tell to the Princess Hyacinth . Coronel , " he added solemnly , the thought having evidently only just oc- curred to him , " I am all impatience to help that poor ...
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added adventure afraid Amazon annoy apple-pie bed Army asked bad wish beautiful began Belvane's garden better breakfast castle walls Chancellor CHAPTER CHARLES ROBINSON child Coronel Countess Belvane course cried dance diary dragon enchanter eyes Fairy Father feel felt forest front funny G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS gave gaze girl glad going gold hand happened head Hyacinth looked King Merriwig King of Barodia King of Euralia knew ladyship laugh left-right Majesty Majesty's marry morning never old woman once Palace Patacake perhaps Prince Udo Princess Hyacinth rabbit remember ring Roger Scurvilegs Royal Highness Royal Highness's seemed sherbet sighed smile sort Stiff Note story suddenly sundial suppose sure sweet child swineherd tail talk tell thing thought to-morrow told Udo of Araby Udo's voice waiting watercress week whiskers Wiggs Wiggs's Woggs wonder
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Page 75 - ... originally to have been played by Milne's wife and collaborator Daphne, is in the end vindicated, her apparant larceny merely a vehicle for her sentimental largesse toward the common people of the kingdom. Her virtues are praised in a servant's comparison of her and the king: " I know an old gentleman who bowls every evening. He trundles his skip (or whatever he calls it) to one end of the green, toddles after it, and trundles it back again. Think of him for a moment, and then think of Belvane...
Page 239 - Ilyich to sit in this chair, and she herself pulled up a stool and sat opposite to him with her elbows on her knees and her chin resting on her hands.
Page iii - I am very sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like, unless he write it for himself first.
Page 110 - I wish,' she said, and there was a terrible smile in her eyes, 'I wish that something very— very humorous shall happen to Prince Udo on his journey.' " A terrible smile but not such a terrible wish. Barrie, on the other hand, moves from cheerfulness to wistfulness to outright sadness. Tinker Bell is droll and saucy when she shouts "silly ass...
Page iv - But as you can see, I am still finding it difficult to explain what sort of book it is. Perhaps no explanation is necessary. Read in it what you like; read it to whomever you like
Page 8 - What were we talking about yesterday?" "Oh, your Majesty," said the Countess, "affairs of state," and she gave him that wicked, innocent, impudent, and entirely scandalous look which he never could resist, and you couldn't either for that matter. "Affairs of state, of course,
Page 55 - Belvane had always a curious effect on the Princess when they were alone together. There was something about her large manner which made Hyacinth feel like a schoolgirl who has been behaving badly: alarmed and apologetic.
Page 132 - Udo pathetically, and he stepped out the mane and the tail of a lion. In between the tail and the mane it is difficult to say what he was, save that there was an impression of magnificence about his person — such magnificence, anyhow, as is given by an astrakhan-trimmed fur coat.
Page 318 - I will know,' I continued, and then I repeated what Rudolf had told me. "Aunt Sophia looked very queer, she said : — " ' Rudolf has done wrong, but as you know so much you may as well know all. Your Aunt Ethel was your father's eldest sister. She went mad when about your age, and eventually ended her days by suicide.
Page 135 - Couch got on his horse and rode away. As soon as he was out of sight Miller gave a lunge and broke free from Sanderson.