The Long Patrol Quotes

“Wot Wot”
― Brian Jacques, The Long Patrol

“This ain’t a sword, it ain’t a spear, An arrow, nor a bow, ’Tis just a thing I carries ’round With me where e’er I go. It cannot talk or grumble, And never answers back, But it can sniff out vermin An’ land ’em such a crack! O my liddle stick o’ wood, my liddle stick o’ wood, Whacks here’n’there an’ everywhere, No weapon’s half so good, An’ I am tellin’ you, My friend so stout’n’true, This liddle piece o’ timber Has always seen me through. It’ll wallop a weasel, sock a stoat, Or fling a ferret from ’is coat, ’Twould knock a fox clean out his socks, My liddle stick o’ wood!”
― Brian Jacques, The Long Patrol

“O it’s hard and dry when the sun is high And dust is in your throat, When the rain pours down, near fit to drown, It soaks right through your coat. But the hares of the Long Patrol, my lads, Stout hearts they walk with me Over hill and plain and back again To the shores of the wide blue sea. Through mud and mire to a warm campfire, I’ll trek with you, old friend, O’er lea and dale in a roaring gale, Right to our journey’s end. Aye, the hares of the Long Patrol, my lads, Love friendship more than gold. We’ll share long days and tread hard ways, Good comrades, brave and bold!”
― Brian Jacques, The Long Patrol

“miz”
― Brian Jacques, The Long Patrol

“There'll always be vermin of that kind, with no respect for any creature, takin' what they please an' never carin' who they have to slay, as long as they get what they want. Peaceful creatures to them are weak fools. But every once in a while they come up against beasts like us, peace-lovin' an' easy-goin' until we're threatened. Win or lose then, we won't be killed, enslaved, or walked on just for their cruel satisfaction. No, we'll band together an' fight for what is ours!”
― Brian Jacques, The Long Patrol

“Satisfied that he had given a justly deserved thrashing to half a thousand fictitious foebeasts, Tammo sat up in the snow, eating a few pawfuls to cool himself down.”
― Brian Jacques, The Long Patrol