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The Diary of Opal Whiteley

 

 



List of Paragraphs

The 38 chapters of the Diary of Opal Whiteley contain 598 individual paragraphs. The links below provide access to each.

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The house on the edge of the near woods
Living in a tent
The lumber shanty
The singing creek
The road toSadie McKibbon's house.
The road to the school house
Picking cornflowers
Walking with William Shakespeare
The road to the upper camps
The railroad track
Going on explores
Carrying the water jug
Finding the mamma's thimble
Climbing to the barn roof
Jumping into the arms of Michael Angelo Sanzio Raphael
Falling on top of Aphrodite
A blue ribbon for Aphrodite
No time for a spanking
On the way to get milk
The black cat
The beauty of Sadie McKibben
Going home with the milk
Sitting on the doorstep printing
The ache in the bottle of castoria
Queer feels
Going on explores
Sharing bread and jam
The anger of Rob Ryder
Making biscuits
A ride in the fascinator
Crossing the cornfield
Looking for things in the field
Plans for the future
Remembering Larry and Jean
The baby of Larry and Jean
Stones for a growing Felix Mendelssohn
So much likes for Felix Mendelssohn
Our lovely lane
Greetings for the tree friends
Hurrying with the milk
Printing while sitting on the woodbox
A surprise at the end of the lane
Peter Paul Rubens' red ribbon squeal
Peter Paul Rubens comes a- following after
Being "screwtineyesed" by the new teacher
Peter Paul Rubens walks right in
Peter Paul Rubens talks in school
Shaing lunch on the way home
Digging plants for the cathedral
A blue ribbon for Aphrodite
Hurry feels
A bed of bracken fern for Aphrodite
Scratches with a stick for Aphrodite
Straight looks from the teacher
Staying in at recess time
The teacher's questions
Opal's answers
Opal talks back
An "egg sam pull"
The names of Angel Father
A most long recess
Lola's wish
Longing for the river
Playing "comparer"
The tramper's hungry feels
A caterpillar's cradle
The lost 10 minutes
Looking for the fairies
Joy feels for color pencils
Going to the mill
The man who wears gray neckties and is kind to mice
Writing to the fairies
The secret moss-box
Making potato piles
Talking to the potatoes
Talking about friends to the potatoes
Hearing earth voices
Star songs
Brave Horatius thinks it is home-going time
Celebrating with potatoes
Making a potato choir
A most helpful dog
Making choir rows together
Another service with the choir
Picking up the potatoes quickly
Going home from the potato field
Wash day
More chores
Bringing water to mop the floor
Not glad looks from the mamma
Brown leaves and birds
Jardin des Tuileries
A candle for Louis Phillippe
The nose of Thomas Chatterton Jupiter Zeus
Cheese for Thomas Chatterton Jupiter Zeus
The cheese squeek
The goodness of Sadie McKibben
The meeting of the roads
Helping with the works
Trying to reach the ham
Sharpening the knife
Cutting frilly ham slices
A tramper by the wood shed
Sitting on the ham
A rescue by Brave Horatius
A whipping by the mamma
Thinking about trampers
The tramper who split wood
Long days
Pinning patches
Books in the house
The alarm clock
The tracks of Elizabeth Barrett Browing
Tired horses pulling logs
A shine-up with vaseline
Watching the raindrops
Making rivers in the kitchen
Playing in the "forêt de Chantilly"
Nibbling the cheese lions
The calling wind
Days of brown leaves
Talking leaves
Long looks to see what needs to be done
A shine-up with bon ami
Sweeping the floors
Coal oil for the croup
Cleaning the windows
The unlocked toolbox
Elsie sings "Gallop-a-trot"
Vaseline for the pompador
Baby spiders
The sad feels of wood
A good-bye song for wood
Rubbing the mamma's head
Voices in the wind
Dancing on a log
Finding a moth cradle
Visiting the girl who has no seeing
Playing comparer by feels
The talking trees
Ville of St. Denis
Listening to the wind
The shadows' velvety fingers
Getting a hurry on
A bell for Peter Paul Rubens
Cathedral service
Forgotten under the bed
Watching the cloud-ships
Finding the tracks of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
EXplaining cloud-ships
The alter of St. Louis
The papa's big coat
Shairng a piece of asfiditee
A little wren
Inspection at school
Collecting brown leaves
Scattering leaves upon the waters
Bugling in the canyon
Ending the day
Searching for Brace Horatius
The chore boy sings
Lonesome feels are everywhere
Searching in the forêt de Montmorency
The names of places
Peter Paul Rubens wants to search
Tired feels
Brave Horatius is found
The flock of sheep
Finding names for the sheep
The shepherd's new name
Friends together again
Butchering day
The death of Peter Paul Rubens
The soul of Peter Paul Rubens
Carrying wood
The flour sack with the miller's brand
Cutting out the miller's brand
Queer feels from the hazel switch
The arms of Queen Elizabeth
Seeking the soul of Peter Paul Rubens
Lonesome prayers
Dropping grey leaves upon the water
Pictures on the window -panes
Ice in the mud puddles
The frozen pump
Singing the spelling of words
A working pump
Sparky things
Singing made-up songs
The mamma's baby
The symphorine
Counting year-numbers on fingers
Feeding the birds
A box in the woods
A gray day
Songs for William Shakespeare
Elsie's brand new baby
The angel's mistake
Needing to tell Elsie
Visiting Elsie
Telling Elsie
The heavy step of Mrs. Limberger
A new baby calf
A morning visit to the house of Elsie
The eyes and hair of Elsie's baby
The mamma did holler
To the house of Dear Love
Explaining to Dear Love
The wisdom of angels
The husband's long looks
Hurrying back to Elsie
Elsie's glad smiles
Naming the baby calf
Shaking hands with Sadie McKibben
Carrying friends in pockets
A basket for the little folk
Sadie's treats
No apology for Rob Ryder
Finding comfort in the trees
Gathering watercress for the mamma
The twelve trees
Plump wiggles into beetles
The willows by the singing brook
Standing in the corner at school
A toad that hopped too far
Lola helps out
Making butter
The joy of horse riding
On explores with William Shakespeare
Singing to the river
The bridge's squeaky boards
Reaching for the mistletoe
Hanging from the oak tree
Men working on the railroad
A nodding bush asks a question
A passing wagon
Grass and poetry for William Shakespeare
The coming of spring
Passing a lumber mill
Thoughts from the hills
Listening to a horse coming down the road
Help from the fairies
Returning home at night
The arrival of Jenny Strong
The bonnet of Jenny Strong
Coming near unto the house
Jenny Strong rocks
A gray bird on a bush
Remembering the black bonnet
The nodding rosebud
Showing the nursery to Jenny Strong
A lullaby for the nursery
Talking with the man who wears gray neckties and is kind to mice
Wanting pink ribbons
The moss box in the woods
A spanking for scaring Jenny Strong
Jenny Strong relaxes
Singing the river song
Lots on the table to eat
Ruffles at the neck
Hungry feels
Writing messages on gray leaves
The glad song
Saving pennies for singing lessons
Plans to visit the girl who has no seeing
Understanding the thoughts of flowers
More messages on gray leaves
Gathering watercress
Tying leaf messages to trees
The gray woods
Listening to lichen voices
A noon meal for Mathilde Plantagenet
A big amount of satisfaction feels
Disturbs on the grandpa's temper
Back from the mill town
Looking for fairies
Pink ribbons for everyone
Glad lights in the eyes of the man who wears gray neckties and is kind to mice
The man with the long step
Showing the pink ribbons
A bottle of china-mending glue
Talking with the willows
The nipple that wouldn't stay on
Getting the bottle of china-mending glue
Fixing the baby bottle
Elsie asks how
Elsie's coughing spell
Elsie is grateful
Mending the dress quickly
A cap for riding in
Brave Horatius wears the cap
Collecting things for the girl who has no seeing
The color blue
Prayers of thanks
A chair for Dear Love
A new calico patch
A mouse that likes soft feels
An early garden
Papa wants to talk
The salal's little askings
The bird song of grandpère
Pants with fringes