Every child in town is a friend of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's but she knows very few of their parents. She says grown-ups make her very nervous.”
-- Narrator (chapter 1)

Importance: The narrator of the novel is introducing Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and makes this statement just before telling how she began to befriend the children of the town.

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle certainly knew how to make work fun and she also knew that there are certain kinds of work that children love to do even though they do not know how very well. Like painting and ironing and cooking and carpentry.”
-- Narrator (chapter 1)

Importance: This is more of the narrator's description of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and it explains why the children love her so much. The narrator goes on to describe the many children who would be around the house on any given day, doing all these tasks and others.

Can you suggests a way to make Hubert want to pick up...
-- Mrs. Prentiss (chapter 2)