Things Happen To People By Accident.

When Mary Lennox Was Sent To Misselthwaite Manor To Live With Her Uncle Everybody Said She Was The Most Disagreeable-looking Child Ever Seen. It Was True Too . . . She Was As Tyrannical And Selfish A Little Pig As Ever Lived.

Hang In There. It Is Astonishing How Short A Time It Can Take For Very Wonderful Things To Happen.

When A Man Looks At The Stars, He Grows Calm And Forgets Small Things. They Answer His Questions And Show Him That His Earth Is Only One Of The Million Worlds. Hold Your Soul Still And Look Upward Often, And You Will Understand Their Speech. Never Forget The Stars.

Perhaps To Be Able To Learn Things Quickly Isn't Everything. To Be Kind Is Worth A Great Deal To Other People...lots Of Clever People Have Done Harm And Have Been Wicked.

As She Came Closer To Him She Noticed That There Was A Clean Fresh Scent Of Heather And Grass And Leaves About Him, Almost As If He Were Made Of Them. She Liked It Very Much And When She Looked Into His Funny Face With The Red Cheeks And Round Blue Eyes She Forgot That She Had Felt Shy.