Classic Children's Picture Book

This children's picture book begins with this line:

"In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf."

What is it?

Before it was a hit HBO Series...

...it was a popular book.  Here's its first line:

"The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispiness that hinted at the end of summer."

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Comment Allez-Vous?

The author of the book that begins with this line attended Books by the Banks in Cincinnati last fall!

"Though I had often looked for one, I finally had to admit that there could be no cure for Paris."

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Just Say Neigh

This one is a children's classic:

The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.

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"May the odds be ever in your favor!"

This book, set in a dystopian future, has been adapted for film and will be released in May. I can't wait! Its first line:

"When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold."

Good luck, and may the odds be ever in your favor!

An Oldie but a Goodie

Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story
of that man skilled in all ways of contending,
the wanderer, harried for years on end,
after he plundered the stronghold
on the proud height of Troy.

(Different translations begin, "Tell me muse...", "The Man, O Muse...", etc.)

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An Existential Nightmare

If you thought puberty was tough, try waking up as a cockroach!

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect."

What famous story began with that line?

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This was on Jeopardy last week

Last week the category was "Famous First Lines" -- I knew all but this one. The book's title was the answer to a Daily Double:

"Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery."

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