A Hat Full Of Sky

1. She had to say that, because she was a witch and a teacher, and that’s a terrible combination. They want things to be right. They like things to be correct. If you want to upset a witch, you don’t have to mess around with charms and spells– you just have to put her in a room with a picture that’s hung slightly crooked and watch her squirm.

2. First Thoughts are the everyday thoughts. Everyone has those. Second Thoughts are the thoughts you think about the way you think. People who enjoy thinking have those. Third Thoughts are thoughts that watch the world and think all by themselves. They’re rare, and often troublesome. Listening to them is part of witchcraft.

3. Knowing the dictionary all the way through does have some uses.

4. Tiffany knew what psychology was, but it hadn’t been a pronunciation dictionary.

5. “One Hundred and One Things a Wizard Can Do”

6. The Monster Book of Monsters

7. The hermit elephant of Howondaland has a very thin hide, except on its head, and young ones will often move into a small mud hut while the owners are out. It is far too shy to harm anyone, but most people quit their huts pretty soon after an elephant moves in. For one thing, it lifts the hut off the ground and carries it away on its back across the veldt, settling it down over any patch of nice grass that it finds. This makes housework very unpredictable. Nevertheless, an entire village of hermit elephants moving across the plains is one of the finest sights on the continent.

8. If anyone knew what this meant, they’d know a lot more about the Nac Mac Feegles’ way of travelling.