I Have Just Made Stories To Please

Once Upon A Time There Were Three Kittens, And Their Names Were Mitten, Tom Kitten, And Moppet. They Had Dear Little Fur Coats Of Their Own; And They Tumbled About The Doorstep And Played In The Dust.

Then Mrs. Tiggy-winkle Made Tea - A Cup For Herself And A Cup For Lucie. They Sat Before The Fire On A Bench And Looked Sideways At One Another. Mrs. Tiggy-winkle's Hand, Holding The Tea-cup, Was Very Very Brown, And Very Very Wrinkly With The Soap-suds; And All Through Her Gown And Her Cap, There Were Hairpins Sticking Wrong End Out; So That Lucie Didn't Like To Sit Too Near Her.

I Remember I Used To Half Believe And Wholly Play With Fairies When I Was A Child. What Heaven Can Be More Real Than To Retain The Spirit-world Of Childhood, Tempered And Balanced By Knowledge And Common-sense...

Peter Lost One Of His Shoes Among The Cabbages, And The Other Shoe Amongst The Potatoes.

I Hold That A Strongly Marked Personality Can Influence Descendants For Generations.