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Quotation from Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
“They'd get hold of me, and they wouldn't wish silly things like you do, but real earnest things”
Five Children and It, Chapter 11 (Project Gutenberg #778)
The Psammead explains why it wants the children never to tell grown-ups about it, before listing the political reforms grown-ups would demand.
Citation: "They'd get hold of me, and they wouldn't wish silly things like you do, but real earnest things" — E. Nesbit, Five Children and It, Chapter 11 (Project Gutenberg #778). (id five-children-and-it-q8)
Portrait: Nesbit, Unknown author, Public domain.
