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Who would guess, " he teased, "that I'd ever see you on a rooftop with straw in your hair?" Kit giggled. "Are you saying I've turned into a crow?"" Not exactly." His eyes were intensely blue with merriment. "I can still see the green feathers if I look hard enough. But they've done their best to make you into a sparrow, haven't they?Elizabeth George Speare
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She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.Elizabeth George Speare
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Have you noticed her name?" Kit leaned sideways to see the letters painted jauntily on the transom. "The WITCH! How did you dare? Does Hannah know?" "Oh, she's not named after Hannah. I hadn't gone ten miles down the river that day before I knew I'd left the real witch behind.Elizabeth George Speare
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Hannah's magic cure for every ill, " he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten.Elizabeth George Speare
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After the keen still days of September, the October sun filled the world with mellow warmth.. The maple tree in front of the doorstep burned like a gigantic red torch. The oaks along the roadway glowed yellow and bronze. The fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garnet. Everywhere she walked the color shouted and sang around her.. In October any wonderful unexpected thing might be possible.Elizabeth George Speare