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The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. | |
But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can't stand it. I been there before. | |
The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off. | |
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known. | |
Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody. | |
Oh my girls, however long you live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this. | |
There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of pinks filled the air. | |
Tomorrow, I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day. | |
I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how | |
He raised his hand and over the desolate earth he traced in space the sign of the dollar. | |
He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance. | |
I never saw any of them again—except the cops. No way has yet been invented to say goodbye to them. | |
But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing. | |
For now she knew what Shalimar knew: If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it. | |
He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning. | |
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