Of especially naughty children it is sometimes said, "They must have been raised by wolves."
The Incorrigible children actually were.
Since returning from London, the three Incorrigible children and their plucky governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, have been exceedingly busy. When Lord Fredrick's long-absent mother arrives with the noted explorer Admiral Faucet, gruesome secrets tumble out of the Ashton family tree. And when the admiral's prized racing ostrich gets loose in the forest, it will take all the Incorrigibles' skills to find her. But once back in the wild, will the children forget about books and poetry and go back to their howling, wolfish ways?
Learn more about the series at http://booksandgames.com/incorrigible
Thanks so much to Maryrose Wood for being our guest blogger today!
Take it away, Maryrose!
— The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 3: The Unseen Guest
Now, I am often a busy person. As are you, no doubt. And much as I hate to contradict Agatha Swanburne, I have to point out that a busy mind is not invariably a cheerful mind. Sometimes our minds are busy because we are engaged in solving a Rubik’s cube, or three moves away from winning a chess tournament, or in the final stages of memorizing the title role of Hamlet just prior to making our West End debut. Worthy occupations all!
Yet there are other times that our minds are busy the way a hamster in a wheel is busy: running, running, running, yet not getting very much done in the way of productivity. Is the hamster cheerful? Perhaps, but a hamster is a tiny-brained rodent, and may have a different idea of cheerfulness than you or I do.
Anxious worry about the future, the ceaseless bell-toll of regret about the past, itchy dissatisfaction with the present: each of these attitudes can keep a mind whirling like a prima ballerina of the Russian National Ballet practicing her pirouettes. Yet none of these states could truly be called cheerful. Does that mean Agatha Swanburne was wrong? And if so, what accounts for the popularity of this particular saying? For, as is noted in The Unseen Guest (the third book in the Incorrigible Children series, out March 27th), “A busy mind is a cheerful mind” had been stitched onto more pillows than any other saying of
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on 3/7/2012
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I love the Incorrigible Children! I have a sinking feeling less busy minds might be more cheerful, but I fully support short sayings for needlepoint pillows. My favorite is a little longer: "All books are judged by their cover until they are read"
I don't know any Agathaisms...but I will go look them up after this :)
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