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{{quote| ''"When there is wind on the moon, you must be very careful how you behave. Because if it is an ill wind, and you behave badly, it will blow straight into your heart, and then you will behave badly for a long time to come."''}}
 
''The Wind on the Moon'' is a 1944 Carnegie-winning children's novel by British author Eric Linklater. It tells of Dinah and Dorinda, the young daughters of a British officer who live in the town of Midmeddlecum. When their father leaves for war, he warns his daughters to behave with the above quote, [[What an Idiot!|thereby unintentionally giving them what they feel is the perfect excuse to misbehave as much as they want.]]
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* [[Magic Pants]]: Averted when Dinah and Dorinda turn into kangaroos -- the witch's notes for magic potion they drink explicitly tells the drinker to undress before drinking the potion, so the transformation will not ruin the clothes. When the girls are ready to become human again, they are concerned that they won't find their clothes again and have to walk around naked, but luckily the Silver Falcon finds the clothes easily.
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Miss Serendip, the governess, who can't say a single sentence without inserting all kinds of trivia.
{{quote| "Will you pass me the pepper, Dorinda? Pepper, as I daresay you know, is a spice. There is black pepper, white pepper, and red pepper. Pepper used to be a monopoly of the King of Portugal. Much of it is now grown in Penang. Penang means the Island of Areca Nuts. At one time it was a penal settlement, or prison. The word prison is derived from the word ''prehensio''. Our prisons used to be very badly conducted, but gradually reform was introduced. Newgate was a famous old prison, Sing Sing is a well-known modern prison. Thank you, dear. Put the pepper back in its proper place."}}
* [[Parental Neglect]]: Dinah and Dorinda's mother, who has been shown as a kindly, if long-suffering, parent, shows surprising traits of this when the girls are gone for ''weeks,'' and she barely notices. {{spoiler|This is explained by her having received a message that her husband has been taken prisoner by an evil dictator, but still... ''the girls were gone for weeks, and she didn't notice.''}}
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Dinah and Dorinda's entire reason for turning into kangaroos in the first place. Mild version, since they're not trying to ''seriously'' hurt anyone, just kick them around for a bit.
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