Battering-ram power
Nancy is a character with battering-ram energy in all she does, exuberantly seeking opportunities to go to ‘war’ with her...
A waste of an island
Wonderful notion this, from one of the best of Ransome's enchanting children's books. Of course if you land on an...
Lummocks / lummox
Again, this was in a 1930s English classic, though the dictionary says it's American, so perhaps it's still in use. “He’ll...
Sky-breaking storms
Another wet weather image.  We have a single-slope roof which makes the rain sound an inch above one’s head, and...
A blank map
‘You’ll start with a blank map, that doesn’t do more than show roughly what’s water and what...
Leadership as multi-tasking
You get to steer the ship because you can handle multiple tasks at once. Here, John demonstrates his leadership skills:...
Parenting, then and now
This crisp and even cavalier telegram has a distant father allowing his four children to sail to an island in...
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