Zog may be hateful, but I'm not going to waste time hating him.

You may do so, if you like." "You are a queer child," remarked the Mermaid Queen, looking at him attentively.

"Will you tell us who you are ?" "Once I was Prince Sacho of Sacharhineolaland, which is a sweet country, but hard to pronounce," he answered.

"But in this domain I have but one title and one name, and that is 'Slave.'" "How came you to be Zog's slave ?" asked Clia.
"The funniest adventure you ever heard of," asserted the boy with eager pride.

"I sailed in a ship that went to pieces in a storm.