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Weekly Quote for Week 53-2020 ~ The Secret Island by Enid Blyton

Weekly Quote for Week 53-2020 ~ The Secret Island by Enid Blyton

The Island, The Secret Series, Enid Blyton, Children's Books, Mystery, Boat, Lake/Sea, Children, Island, Clouds, Adventure“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!”

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros ~ The Smell of Other People’s Houses

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros ~ The Smell of Other People’s Houses


I can’t stop remembering the way things were back then. How my father hunted for our food. How he’d hang the deer in the garage to cure and how the deer’s legs would splay out when its belly was sliced open, its hooves pointy like a ballerina’s toes. I watched him dozens of times as he cute the meat off the animal’s backside. I can still hear how the knife sounded when metal scraped bone. Backstrap was the best cut, my favorite, and Daddy sliced it off the deer’s spine as beautifully as Mama curled ribbons on presents.