Running Wild Quotes

“Mister Anthony will do this. You know his face too. You know too much. You must leave this place. You must escape.” “But how?” I asked him. “Look at that padlock. There’s no way of getting it open without a key. Have you got the key?” Kaya shook his head. “No,” he said. “But I have been thinking, and maybe we do not need a key after all. What is it you say in English? There is more than one way to skin a rabbit. Listen to them. They are busy with their drinking. If we are lucky, if we are careful, they will see nothing, they will hear nothing. I will bring knives from the kitchen. I have knives like saws, very sharp. It is easy to do I think. I will saw, you will saw. It will not take”
― Michael Morpurgo, Running Wild: A heart-warming jungle adventure story for children

“Every moment of the afternoon a month or so later was so deeply etched in my memory.”
― Michael Morpurgo, Running Wild: A heart-warming jungle adventure story for children