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Top ten best opening lines in children's books

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  • snailmalesnailmale
    edited August 2014
    My elder daughter, when aged about three, would often open one of her little books, sometimes held upside down, and proclaim: "One day, Mother Pig..."
  • cekaceka
    "It was a dark and stormy night"
    I'll have a look in my bookcase and let you know
  • LizyLizy
    edited August 2014
    "The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea . . "

    I had to read that every night for a year to my youngest - he was a creature of habit even when aged two - and woe betide me if I tried to hurry things along by missing a verse. For years afterwards I could recite the whole damn thing verbatim.
  • Tiny NellTiny Nell
    Lizy, you never know when it might come in handy.
  • LizyLizy
    I managed always to keep a straight face while reading the lines -

    The Owl looked up to the stars above
    and sang to a small guitar
    O lovely Pussy, O Pussy my love
    What a beautiful Pussy you are, you are
    What a beautiful Pussy you are.
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