"You can't play." (3)

"You can't say you can't play." (3)

"The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the homeborn among you ..." (11)

"Everyone can play." (36)

"The trouble is, there is no dependable rule that protects everyone equally from the slings and arrows of boss rule." (40)

"But it really might work because sometimes people are very nice to each other. Even to me." (54)

"Because they'll believe you that it's a rule. You know, a law." (63)

"Why, Magpie, father is just like you. When he finds out that Beatrix is lonely, he'll probably invite her to tea every day." (72)

"Why doesn't Schoolmistress have the rule?" (86)

"How long will it take to get rid of the notion of a boss?" (95)

Maybe our classrooms can be nicer than the outside world." (100)

"We must be told, when we are young, what rules to live by. The grownups must tell the children...