The largest cage held a snowy owl and when Karen spoke to him he ruffled up his feathers and rolled his head from side to side his great golden eyes staring at her without blinking - Gerda in Sweden by Etta Blaisdell McDonald

Baby Karen was only six weeks old and Marmaduke was only three years great splendid fellow though he was at that and galumphing round as his mother said who read nonsense to Sinsie out of Wonderland and the Looking Glass upon a stick - The Other Girls by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

Witness little Karen herself whose head only came up to the shoulder of her tall Fritz - A Round Dozen by Susan Coolidge