the princess and the goblin meme.
edit prompts as needed.
“ no, no. that’s the worst thing you can do. ”
“ you’ll be sure to take care of yourself, won’t you? ”
“ let me see the wound. ”
“ i’ve lighted a fire for you. you’re cold and wet. ”
“ your hands are hurt with the stones, and i have counted nine bruises on you. ”
“ what are you thinking of, my love? ”
“ i will go with you anywhere you like, my cherub. ”
“ now i am going to put you to bed for a good sleep. ”
“ you can’t get tired of a thing before you have it. ”
“ we’ll have a walk in the garden together. ”
“ i’ve had such a dreadful adventure! ”
“ i will explain it all to you when you are older. but you will be able to understand this much now: i came here to take care of you. ”
“ it smells of all the roses in the world, i think. ”
“ what can that noise be? ”
“ that’s the part i don’t understand. ”
“ i’ll do my best. i’m not afraid. ”
“ i know you have a bath every morning, but sometimes you want one at night too. ”
“ you are very tired, my child. ”
“ and i don’t always try. i’m very sorry anyhow. ”
“ once might be too often. ”
“ do not be afraid, my child. ”
“ are those horrid creatures gone? ”
“ it’s very unkind of you to hide away so long. i began to be afraid. ”
“ by a hole in the mountain. ”
“ the sun has had his face washed. look how bright he is! ”
“ come in, my dear; come in. ”
“ seeing is not believing – it is only seeing. ”
“ i want to talk to you, but it’s so awkward! i don’t know your name. ”
“ nothing more happened worth telling for some time. ”
“ do you see that bath behind you? ”
“ and i trust you will always think it your home. ”
“ it’s your dinner-time, and i won’t have any more such nonsense. ”
“ i’ve been waiting for you, and indeed getting a little anxious about you, and beginning to think whether i had not better go and fetch you myself. ”
“ it means, my love, that i did not mean to show myself. ”
“ poor (name)! to lie there hurt and ill, and me never to know it! ”
“ don’t trouble yourself about it. you will find it all come right. ”
“ it is so silly of people – i don’t mean you, for you are such a tiny, and couldn’t know better – but it is so silly of people to fancy that old age means crookedness and witheredness and feebleness and sticks and spectacles and rheumatism and forgetfulness! it is so silly! old age has nothing whatever to do with all that. ”
“ i’ll keep a sharp look out, i promise you. ”
“ i didn’t know anything in the whole world could be so comfortable. ”
“ why, what you been doing with your eyes, my child? ”
“ i won’t be so silly again, i promise you. ”
“ you said to me once yourself that it’s only rude children that call names. ”
“ what’s the matter, my dear? ”
“ i came upon it, lying on the ground, a little way from here. i tumbled over some wild beasts who were playing with it. ”
“ you’re not afraid of the rose – are you? ”
“ i was about no mischief. ”
“ and you did wash my face and hands for me. ”
“ how could i help it? i lost my way. ”
“ a name is one of those things one can give away and keep all the same. ”
“ something woke me – i didn’t know what, but i was frightened. ”
“ the right old age means strength and beauty and mirth and courage and clear eyes and strong painless limbs. ”
“ then if you don’t know what i mean, what right have you to call it nonsense? ”
