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When I Walked To School In The Mornings I Would Start Out Alone But Would Pick Up Four Other Boys Along The Way. We Would Set Out Together After School Across The Village Green.

I Am Only 8 Years Old, I Told Myself. No Little Boy Of 8 Has Ever Murdered Anyone. It's Not Possible.

Life Is More Fun If You Play Games.

There Is No Place I Know That Compares To Pure Imagination.

You Mean You Live Down Here?' Matilda Asked. 'i Do', Miss Honey Replied, But She Said No More. Matilda Had Never Once Stopped To Think About Where Miss Honey Might Be Living. She Had Always Regarded Her Purely As A Teacher, A Person Who Turned Up Out Of Nowhere And Taught At School And Then Went Away Again.