"Certainly not!" said the Dust Grey Fairy. "I'm sure he would enjoy it, lurking around the lily leaves waiting to be kissed, but he would learn no manners at all!"
"Nor send him to sleep for a hundred years?"
"That's for girls only," said the Dust Grey Fairy. "Boys are lazy enough as it is."
"True, true," admitted the Queen."/>

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" You surely won't turn him into a frog?" asked the Queen. (For this had been known to happen in royal families before.)
"Certainly not!" said the Dust Grey Fairy. "I'm sure he would enjoy it, lurking around the lily leaves waiting to be kissed, but he would learn no manners at all!"
"Nor send him to sleep for a hundred years?"
"That's for girls only," said the Dust Grey Fairy. "Boys are lazy enough as it is."
"True, true," admitted the Queen. "

― Hilary McKay , Straw into Gold: Fairy Tales Re-spun

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Hilary McKay quote : You surely won't turn him into a frog? "Certainly not!" said the Dust Grey Fairy. "I'm sure he would enjoy it, lurking around the lily leaves waiting to be kissed, but he would learn no manners at all!"
"Nor send him to sleep for a hundred years?"
"That's for girls only," said the Dust Grey Fairy. "Boys are lazy enough as it is."
"True, true," admitted the Queen." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>
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