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The Secret Island (Secret Series, #1) QUOTES

The Secret Island (Secret Series, #1) QUOTES

1 " The little island seemed to float on the dark lake-waters. Trees grew on it, and a little hill rose in the middle of it. It was a mysterious island, lonely and beautiful. All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret - almost magic.
“Well,” said Jack at last. “What do you think? Shall we run away, and live on the secret island?”
“Yes!” whispered all the children.
“Let’s! "

― Enid Blyton , The Secret Island (Secret Series, #1)

2 " They lay on their heathery beds and listened to all the sounds of the night. They heard the little grunt of a hedgehog going by. They saw the flicker of bats overhead. They smelt the drifting scent of honeysuckle, and the delicious smell of wild thyme crushed under their bodies. A reed-warbler sang a beautiful little song in the reeds below, and then another answered. "

― Enid Blyton , The Secret Island (Secret Series, #1)

3 " The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before - but now, swimming in the hot June haze, it seemed more enchanting than ever. As they drew near to it, and saw the willow trees that bent over the water-edge and heard the sharp call of moorhens that scuttled off, the children gazed in delight. Nothing but trees and birds and little wild animals. Oh, what a secret island, all for their very own, to live on and play on. "

― Enid Blyton , The Secret Island (Secret Series, #1)

4 " splashing. ‘They’re going!’ he called. ‘They "

― Enid Blyton , The Secret Island (Secret Series, #1)