“The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.”

“If you want to catch beasts you don't see every day,You have to go places quite out of the way,You have to go places no others can get to.You have to get cold and you have too get wet, too.”

“I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.”

“My shoe is off. My foot is cold. I have a bird I like to hold.”

“I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.”

“DayPlayWe play all day.NightFightWe fight all night.”

“Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.”