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Wendy and Peter were coming in the front door, cheeks like peppermint candy, eyes like bright blue agate marbles. . .(page 5)

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It (the house) felt like a mechanical cemetery. (page 10)

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The house is wife and mother now, and nursemaid (page 3).

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The stove was busy humming to itself. (page 1)

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Who was it said 'Children are carpets, they should be stepped on occasionally'?..." (page 7)

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I don't imagine the room will like being turned off," said the father. (page 10)

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The house fed, clothed, and rocked them to sleep and played and sang and was good to them. (page 1)

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The smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air. (page 2)

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That sun. He could feel it on his neck, still, like a hot paw. (page 4)

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I don't know-I don't know," she said, blowing her nose, sitting down in a chair that immediately began to rock and comfort her." ( page 3)

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