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How did the world ever manage without me before I was born?' he wondered. 'Didn't they feel something was missing?
Did you ever see anybody so disgusting: said lightning to thunder, "never," growled thunder, "let's give him the works.
People are no damned good.
The damp occupants of the cave stood close together in the vaulted entrance like actors who had played their parts and could now watch the rest of the show from the wings.
Never had he been subjected to such rude treatment. How long could it last? How long, he wondered, could he abide it?
I think I feel a little differently than other people do. For some reason I've never felt grown up.
I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age.
The world was all magic, and he had a special bottle of it in his right hand.
He began to develop an obstinate patience.
People are no damn good.
How deeply one felt when alone.
Otchky-potchky, itchky-pitch,
Pay attention to this witch.
A donkey takes you to a knight
Him you conquer in a fight.
Then you wed a princess who
Is even uglier than you.
Ha ha ha and cockadoodle,
The magic words are 'Apple Strudel
I wish I were a rock,' he said, and he became a rock.
Later she sat on the ground in the forest between school and home, and spring was so bright and beautiful, the warm air touched her so tenderly, she could almost feel herself changing into a flower. Her light dress felt like petals.
"I love everything," she heard herself say.
"So do I," a voice answered.
Pearl straightened up and looked around. No one was there.
