I am not, of course, telling you fo one second that your teacher actually is a witch. All I am saying is that she might be one. It is most unlikely. But-and heare comes the big "but" - it is not impossible.-7쪽
"The point is this. When you haven't washed for a week and your skin is all covered over with dirt, then quite obviously the stink-waves cannot come oozing out nearly so strongly."
"I shall never have a bath again." I said.
"Just don't have one too often," my grandmother said. "Once a month is quite enoufh for a sensible child."-24쪽