Book memes are the best.
Stolen from kc-anathema:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag five people. Do it; you know you want to.
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper"I'd give anything," Paul said, "to have a flute like that one day."
"Almost anything," Will said gently. Paul stared at him in astonishment, and the Old One in Will suddenly realised belatedly that this was not perhaps the response of a young boy; so he grinned, stuck out his tongue impishly at Paul, and skipped through the passage, back to the normal relationships of the normal world.
They sang "The First Nowell" as their last carol; they made their farewells; they were out again in the snow and the crisp air, Merriman's impassive polite smile disappearing behind the manor doors.
God, I love this series...
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag five people. Do it; you know you want to.
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper"I'd give anything," Paul said, "to have a flute like that one day."
"Almost anything," Will said gently. Paul stared at him in astonishment, and the Old One in Will suddenly realised belatedly that this was not perhaps the response of a young boy; so he grinned, stuck out his tongue impishly at Paul, and skipped through the passage, back to the normal relationships of the normal world.
They sang "The First Nowell" as their last carol; they made their farewells; they were out again in the snow and the crisp air, Merriman's impassive polite smile disappearing behind the manor doors.
God, I love this series...