'Now you must know and understand, O Best Beloved, that till that very week, and day, and hour, and minute, this 'satiable Elephant's Child had never seen a Crocodile, and did not know what one was like.'Narrator
'I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who.'Narrator
'Only the Leopard was awake. He was hunting for something to eat, and when he moved it sounded just like ripe nuts falling off the trees and rolling on the dry leaves.'Narrator
'But he never forgot to say, 'This is very nice,' or 'Jam is nicer,' or 'Take away the tail, little Indian boy,' whenever he thought the Elephant's Child was going to pull at his tall tail.'The Crocodile
'This is a picture of the Elephant's Child going to pull fruits off a tree. Do you notice his beautiful creamy-colored bulk and his impetuous haste and his determination not to let anyone prevent him from satisfying his satiable curiosity?'Narrator
'Don't do that,' said the Camel. 'You might lose the sponge or the jack-in-the-box. Sit quite still, and listen.'The Camel
'Before he had thought to be afraid too much he saw what it was. It was the Cat. She walked round and round the square and the square and the square.'Narrator
'My father brought it home very new and yellow from Afghanistan, where he killed many people, but that is another story.'The Cat Who Walked by Himself
'He should have gone into the water from the first, for he was a fully grown man with inordinately large stomach, and he had been too long used to ease and comfort.'Narrator
'Then the wet, wild woods came down to the beach. And the dark came down all over everything, full night came down whom she had not been looking for.'Narrator