'Farewell' is not the word that you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by two oversize mice in black hoods. Words that you would like to hear are 'Take me instead. I will go to the dungeon in my son's place.' There is a great deal of comfort in those words.


The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread (2003)

Kate DiCamillo Quotes

'Farewell' is not the word that you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by two oversize mice in black hoods....

'Farewell' is not the word that you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by two oversize mice in black hoods....

'Farewell' is not the word that you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by two oversize mice in black hoods....

'Farewell' is not the word that you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by two oversize mice in black hoods....