- Aunt Agnes: [after Billy and Annabelle meets for the first time outside and begin to play, Agnes joins Grandpa's side] You gave him a cow for Christmas?
- Grandpa Baker: No, it was Santa Claus.
- Aunt Agnes: You're teaching the boy to believe in that fantasy?
- Grandpa Baker: Ain't nothin' wrong with a little believin', after what he's been through.
- Aunt Agnes: Exactly! This dreadful barn is a constant reminder of that horrible fire. This barn just isn't safe, let alone for a boy who can't talk!
- Buster: [the Holder Brothers are bullying Billy, again] How come you only hang around with girls?
- Bucky: And cows?
- [He pushes Billy, making him fall on the snow]
- Bucky: Huh, Billy? How come?
- Emily: [angry] Why don't you leave him alone?
- Bucky: Why don't youy let Billy stick up for himself? Oh, I forgot: he can't talk.
- Emily: You're just jealous 'cause YOU don't have any friends!
- Bucky: [pushing her as well] Stay out of this, Emily!
- [as she glares at them, they began to laugh. Annabelle, fed up with the teasing, charges at them and hits them square in their stomachs, making them fall down with a loud SPLAT]
- Adult Billy: [as the Narrator, talking about Annabelle,Billy and Emily] Talkin' just wasn't required for the kind of friendship they had.
- Star: Come on inside honey.
- Young Annabelle: But I wanna go with them! I want to fly too!
- Star: Well, you'll have to ask Santa about that.
- Young Annabelle: Is he coming back?
- Star: Yes - next year.
- Young Annabelle: Good, then I'll wait right here!
- [she sits down in the snow]
- Ears: Er, you know, a year, is a very, very long time, young lady. Maybe - you'd better wait inside the barn. At least that's my opinion.