I am taking a Children's Literature Class again. It is supposed to be part two of the class I took in the Spring but with curriculum changing, this course is going to have some repeat of last semester's too. Anyway, we have to read 50 books this time and I'm starting with 10 classics. So the first one I read was Pinocchio by Collodi. Here are some of my favorites quotes....
"And Pinocchio, although he was a very merry boy, became sad also; because poverty, when it is real poverty, is understood by everybody-even by boys.....He returned shortly, holding in his hand a spelling book for Pinocchio, but the old coat was gone. The poor man was in his shirt sleeves, and out of doors it was snowing. 'And the coat, papa?' 'I have sold it.' 'Why did you sell it?' 'Because I found it too hot.' Pinocchio understood this answer in an instant...." p. 36
" 'When the dead person cries, it is a sign that he is on the road to get well,' said the Crow solemnly." p. 69
" 'Then my medicine has really done you good?' 'Good, I should think so! It has restored me to life!' 'Then why on earth did you require so much persuasion to take it?' 'Because, you see, we boys are all like that! We are more afraid of medicine than of the illness.' 'Disgraceful! Boys ought to know that a good remedy taken in time may save them from a serious illness, and perhaps even from death.' " p. 73
Oh how true this is, makes me think of how Jesus came to heal the sick not the healthy and how often we miss the medicine He offers.
Now on to book 2-A Christmas Carol...
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