If God had intended us to fly, he'd have never given us railways.
The nice thing about the queen of Flanders' daughter, had been that she did not laugh at him. A lot of people laughed at you when you went after the Questing Beast - and never caught it - but Piggy never laughed. She seemed to understand at once how interesting it was, and made several sensible suggestions about the way to trap it. Naturally, one did not pretend to be clever or anything, but it was nice not to be laughed at. One was doing one's best.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow.
Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke.
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
When our new armies are ready it seems folly to send them to Flanders, where they will chew barbed wire, or be wasted in futile frontal attacks.
You have sent me a Flanders mare.