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Old 03-28-2007, 03:52 PM   #1
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Andrew Lang wrote this about children, in the introduction to his Fairy Books.
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Old 03-29-2007, 02:21 AM   #2
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Estelyn Telcontar has reached the Cracks of Doom and destroyed the Ring!Estelyn Telcontar has reached the Cracks of Doom and destroyed the Ring!Estelyn Telcontar has reached the Cracks of Doom and destroyed the Ring!Estelyn Telcontar has reached the Cracks of Doom and destroyed the Ring!Estelyn Telcontar has reached the Cracks of Doom and destroyed the Ring!Estelyn Telcontar has reached the Cracks of Doom and destroyed the Ring!Estelyn Telcontar has reached the Cracks of Doom and destroyed the Ring!Estelyn Telcontar has reached the Cracks of Doom and destroyed the Ring!Estelyn Telcontar has reached the Cracks of Doom and destroyed the Ring!Estelyn Telcontar has reached the Cracks of Doom and destroyed the Ring!
Excellent, Guinevere! We haven't had a quote from On Fairy-Stories in awhile, and I wasn't sure if someone would find it easily.
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Old 03-30-2007, 01:48 PM   #3
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Thank you Esty!
( I am very fond of "On Fairy-Stories". I have already convinced two friends to read it, and sent a copy to my brother!)

Well, here's a new quote for guessing:
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Give him a miss today.
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Old 04-12-2007, 09:22 AM   #4
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I believe that's the mer-dog speaking to Rover
Sorry for the absence, I plan to be more active here from now on.
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Old 04-13-2007, 02:50 AM   #5
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Thumbs up correct!
"him" being Artaxerxes
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Okay, here is a new quote:

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We have lived and worked together now.
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Old 05-10-2007, 10:13 AM   #7
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Maybe I should make it larger...
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We have lived and worked together now. Things might have been differ*ent, but they could not have been better. All the same, I am afraid I shall have to be going on. We shall meet again, I expect: there must be many more things we can do together.
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