".ylluferac yrev tub...knirD
.evilo na ddA
.ruohpmaZ elknirpS
.knird eht fo traeh eht otni peed snus nailoglA eht fo serif eht gnidaerps ,evlossid ti hctaW .regitnuS nailoglA na fo htoot eht ni porD
.senoZ nitcalauQ krad eht fo sruodo ydaeh eht lla fo tneloder ,tcartxe tnimrepyH nitcalauQ fo erusaem a taolf noops revlis a fo kcab eht revO
.)aillaF fo sehsraM eht ni erusaelp fo deid evah ohw srekiH yppah esoht lla fo yromem ni( ti hguorht elbbub ot sag hsram naillaF fo sertil ruof wollA
.)tsol si enezneb eht ro deci ylreporp eb tsum ti( erutxim eht otni tlem ot nig-ageM narutcrA fo sebuc eerht wollA
V sunigartnaS fo saes eht morf retaw fo erusaem eno ti otni ruoP
.tiripS xnaJ 'lO taht fo elttob eno morf eciuj eht ekaT"
"!epicer a s'erehT"
“She'd become a governess. It was one of the few jobs a known lady could do. And she'd taken to it well. She'd sworn that if she did indeed ever find herself dancing on rooftops with chimney sweeps she'd beat herself to death with her own umbrella.”
― Hogfather