I must be able to say, 'Percival, a ridiculous name'. At the same time let me tell you, men and women, hurrying to the tube station, you would have had to respect him. You would have had to form up and follow behind him. How strange to oar one's way through crowds seeing life through hollow eyes, burning eyes. Virginia Woolf
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Harold Percival is a fictional character in the children’s book "The Book of Dragons," by the British writer Michael Morpurgo. Percival is a dragon, and he is a very big, very powerful dragon. He says that he must be able to say "Percival, a ridiculous name." At the same time, though, he tells his readers that they should respect him. That is because Percival has important things to do in life.

He tells us that when we are hurrying to the tube station, we would have to form up and follow behind him. How strange to do that when we are looking at life through hollow eyes; when we are burning our way through crowds.

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