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Freddy Plays Football QUOTES

Freddy Plays Football QUOTES

1 " And I guess I’d better work a little harder at correcting my faults. What would you say was my worst one?” The cow shook her head. “Let’s stay friends, and you figure that out for yourself. "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

2 " Freddy walked back to the cow barn with Mrs. Wiggins. Although a cow, and therefore a pretty slow thinker, Mrs. Wiggins had a lot of what is commonly called horse sense, although cows have a good deal more than horses—or indeed than some people; and Freddy valued her opinion highly. "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

3 " Good land,” said Mrs. Wiggins, “that’s nothing against him. I guess there’s something about everybody on this farm you and I don’t like. "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

4 " Even our best friends. But if they’re friends, you just have to shut your eyes to such things. Usually they aren’t very important. "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

5 " Goodness!” said Freddy. “Are there many things about me you don’t like, Mrs. Wiggins?” “Well,” said the cow, “you don’t think you’re perfect, do you?” “No. I wouldn’t claim that.” “I guess that’s your answer, then,” she said. After a minute Freddy said: “Well, I’m glad you like me, anyway. "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

6 " Did you ever do that game, Freddy, where you take somebody’s initials and make up a sentence describing them? Like with you, F.B. would be ‘fairly bright,’ or ‘fat banker’— "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

7 " Mrs. Wiggins said: “That was a real pretty dive, Mr. Doty. And quick! My land, when you dropped your cigar, it had hardly left your mouth when you were right after it. "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

8 " Mrs. Wiggins was all admiration. “You did it again!” she exclaimed. “And backwards this time! That was wonderful!” But "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

9 " Mrs. Wiggins didn’t agree. “He wouldn’t tell those stories to the Beans,” she said. “No, sir, he thinks animals are stupid. Dumb animals—that’s what most people call us. He thinks we’ll believe anything. "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

10 " Land sakes,” said the cow, “I don’t object to a liar, as such. He’s a lot of fun, too. Only I wouldn’t trust him much. He’s using lies every day, and if he got mad at you, he’d pick up the handiest thing to get even with. And what has he always got handy?—a good fat lie.” When "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

11 " Here Mrs. Wiggins, who had been slowing down gradually, came to a full stop. “Good land, Charles,” she said, looking down at the rooster, “I can’t remember all those big words. That was a real nice speech you wrote out for me, but I guess you’ll just have to let me tell it in my own way.” Charles "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

12 " Now the point is, folks,” Mrs. Wiggins went on, “first, that the Webbs are back. Let’s give them a big hand. Webb! Where are you, Webb? Come forward please.” Mr. "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

13 " Ouch!” and shook her head. “I’ll have to take your word for it,” she said. “All I saw then was the inside of my head, and that’s so dark that I couldn’t see them if they were there. "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

14 " Great day in the morning, Freddy,” said Mrs. Wiggins, “they’ll spoil everything if they gang up on Doty before we explain to the Beans. We must stop them. "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

15 " When she heard the news, she said: “Well, if this man is really Mrs. Bean’s brother, it’s awful hard on the Beans, but we’ve got no right to interfere. Because the money really belongs to him. I wish we knew. "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football

16 " Freddy!” she said. “You—you’re really …? Oh, how happy that makes me! "

― Walter Rollin Brooks , Freddy Plays Football