Jungle Japes Quotes

“Poppy had seen green be-fore. She had been to the countryside, away from all the gray and dreariness of London. Every time, she had been stunned by the vast openness of the sky, the massive, stretching trees that speckled the horizon. But here, now, her eyes were lost in the depths of the jun-gle before she even stepped foot off the ship. It was so green that her eyes stung. She held her hand over the brim of her hat and blinked a few times, try-ing to take it all in as they sailed closer.”
― Wren Jones, Damsels and Dinosaurs

“Where the blanket of ferns and rotting leaves of the undergrowth thinned, revealing patches of hard-packed earth, long lines of honey ants moved quickly through the shadows of the trees. I stepped over them so as not to trample them—they reminded me of when, as children, Leera and I saved them from boys who wanted to suck their sugary backs—then I looked up.
Even though the sun hadn't set yet, its rays barely filtered through the branches that connected the canopies of the towering cypress trees. The cool, humid air left a clammy sensation on the skin.”
― Krisha Skies, La ragazza colibrì (Libri)