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41 " curse made a rebel of me. Or perhaps I was that way naturally. Mother rarely insisted I do anything. Father "
― Gail Carson Levine , Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1)
42 " Instead of making me docile, Lucinda’s curse made a rebel of me. Or perhaps I was that way naturally. "
43 " At Your Command "
44 " Your mother was beautiful.” His voice was regretful. “I’m sorry she’s dead. "
45 " Fairy blood does not make you clumsy. That’s human. "
46 " I refused to love it. He was going to sell it too "
47 " Edmund, "
48 " You’re free. The curse is over, love.” Mandy was at my side, hugging me. “You rescued yourself when you rescued the prince. I’m that proud and glad, sweet, I could shout. "
49 " Gnomic, “!chocH !choe echachoed dh zchoaK !chocH "
50 " If it had writing, I read it: cereal boxes, ads on the subway, billboards, highway signs. I "
51 " Instead of making me docile, Lucinda's curse made a rebel of me "
52 " I cried, steady tears, like rain. And, like rain, they brought ease. "
53 " I trust you to find the good in me, but the bad Imust be sure you don't overlook.-Char to Ella "
54 " ahthOOn SSyng!" I said. "That's farewell.""It sounds evil.""It is," I answered, and we parted. "
55 " My grandmother warned that too much reading would ruin my eyesight, but I couldn’t hear her over the chatter of characters. "
56 " Do you like to slide?" His voice was eager.Stair rails! Did he suspect me? I forced a sigh. "No, Majesty. I'm terrified of heights.""Oh." His polite tone had returned."I wish I could enjoy it. This fear of heights is an affliction."He nodded, a show of sympathy but not much interest. I was losing him."Especially," I added, "as I've grown taller. "
57 " That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspiration. Shaking her head sympathetically at Mother, the fairy touched my nose. "My gift is obedience. Ella will always be obedient. Now stop crying, child."I stopped. "
58 " Although we didn't invite Lucinda, she arrived anyway-with a gift."No need," Char and I chimed together."Remember when you were a squirrel," Mandy said. "
59 " Char saw me. Over the shoulder of his partner, he mouthed, "Wait for me."I grew roots. An earthquake could not have moved me. The clock struck a quarter before eleven. If it had struck the end of the world, I'd have stayed as I was. "
60 " We don’t do big magic. Lucinda’s the only one. It’s too dangerous.”“What’s dangerous about ending a storm?”“Maybe nothing, maybe something. Use your imagination.”“Clear skies would be good. People could go outside.”“Use your imagination,” Mandy repeated.I thought. “The grass needs rain. The crops need rain.”“More,” Mandy said.“Maybe a bandit was going to rob someone, and he isn’t doing it because of the weather.”“That’s right. Or maybe I’d start a drought, and then I’d have to fix that because I started it. And then maybe the rain I sent would knock down a branch and smash in the roof of a house, and I’d have to fix that too.”“That wouldn’t be your fault. The owners should have built a stronger roof.”“Maybe, maybe not. Or maybe I’d cause a flood and people would be killed. That’s the problem with big magic. I only do little magic "