The bright crab crawled up onto her hand. She covered it carefully with the other. “What is that?” asked Jeremy. “You know what it is,” said the woman. [p11] |
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Here the windows were oval. Again, the windows were framed with overlapping pieces of wood. The oval shape maximized the ability to expand and contract. [p129] | |
As they got closer they could see that it was a very tall building… It was made of a shifting, shuffling, rippling material, like leaves. In fact, there was a wind in the air and you could hear the walls of the building blow like musical wind through treetops. [p148] | |
… Jeremy entered the tin can. The screams were in there, and his mother-in-law was in there too. [p180] | |
The giant watched the ring as it lay on the road, as one might watch a campfire, smiling with a slight contentment. [p213] |