From Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes: The Case of the Gypsy Good-bye
“Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy.”
From C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
“There was a town, and there was a train, and there was a murder.”
From Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions: Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?
“Hilda carefully wiped the dishes that Papa had washed.”
From Matilda Nordtvedt's Secret in the Maple Tree