“ If a Little One doesn’t care, he grows greedy, and then lazy, and then big, and then stupid, and then bad. The dull creatures don’t know that they come from us. Very few of them believe we are anywhere. ”
George MacDonald, Lilith (1895). copy citation
| Author | George MacDonald |
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| Source | Lilith |
| Topic | care |
| Date | 1895 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1640/1640-h/1640-h.htm |
Context
“THEY could have helped it. ” “ How long have you been here? ”
“ Always, I think, ” she replied. “ I think somebody made us always. ”
She saw I did not understand.
“ The giants were not made always, ” she resumed. If a Little One doesn’t care, he grows greedy, and then lazy, and then big, and then stupid, and then bad. The dull creatures don’t know that they come from us. Very few of them believe we are anywhere. They say NONSENSE!—Look at little Blunty: he is eating one of their apples! He will be the next! Oh! oh! he will soon be big and bad and ugly, and not know it! ” I had often thought he did not look so good as the rest; now he looked disgusting.
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“ Always, I think, ” she replied. “ I think somebody made us always. ”
She saw I did not understand.
“ The giants were not made always, ” she resumed. If a Little One doesn’t care, he grows greedy, and then lazy, and then big, and then stupid, and then bad. The dull creatures don’t know that they come from us. Very few of them believe we are anywhere. They say NONSENSE!—Look at little Blunty: he is eating one of their apples! He will be the next! Oh! oh! he will soon be big and bad and ugly, and not know it! ” I had often thought he did not look so good as the rest; now he looked disgusting.
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