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Edith Nesbit

Five Children and It

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Five Children and It is a children's novel by English author Edith Nesbit, first published in 1902; it was expanded from a series of stories published in the Strand Magazine in 1900 under the general title The Psammead, or the Gifts. It is the first of a trilogy which includes The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) and The Story of the Amulet (1906). The book has never been out of print since its initial publication.
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      And that, my dear children, is the moral of this chapter. I did not mean it to have a moral, but morals are nasty forward beings, and will keep putting in their oars where they are not wanted. And since the moral has crept in, quite against my wishes, you might as well think of it next time you feel piggy yourself and want to get rid of any of your brothers and sisters.
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    • missninahas quoted4 years ago
      I never can see what happens during a fight, even when it is only dogs.
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      • missninahas quoted4 years ago
        The leader wiped away a manly tear, exactly as a leader in a historical romance would have done,
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