Peter

“He was just under three inches tall. His blue-black hair, done in a plait and pressed to his head by a colored headband, gleamed in the sun. So did the minuscule muscles of his tiny naked torso, and the skin of his arms. His legs were covered with buckskin leggings, which had some decoration on them too small to see properly. He wore a kind of bandolier across his chest and his belt seemed to be made of several strands of some shiny white beads. Best of all, somehow, were his moccasins.”
― Lynne Reid Banks, The Indian in the Cupboard

“Funny to think that he would certainly have done it, only a week ago, without thinking about the dangers.”
― Lynne Reid Banks, The Indian in the Cupboard

“Beard,” said Patrick, which was their school slang for “I don’t believe you.”
― Lynne Reid Banks, The Indian in the Cupboard

“Omri and Patrick had spent many hours together playing with their joint collections of plastic toys.”
― Lynne Reid Banks, The Indian in the Cupboard