"Don't stop (I say) to explain that Hebe was (for once) the legitimate
daughter of Zeus and, as such, had the privilege to draw wine for the
Gods. Don't even stop, just yet, to explain who the Gods were. Don't
discourse on amber, otherwise ambergris; don't explain that 'gris'
in this connection doesn't mean 'grease'; don't trace it through
the Arabic into Noah's Ark; don't prove its electrical properties
by tearing up paper into little bits and attracting them with
the mouth-piece of your pipe rubbed on your sleeve. Don't insist
philologically that when every shepherd 'tells his tale' he is not
relating an anecdote but simply keeping 'tally' of his flock. Just go
on reading, as well as you can, and be sure that when the children get
the thrill of the story, for which you wait, they will be asking more
questions, and pertinent ones, than you are able to answer."--("On the
Art of Reading for Children," by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.)