Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
Everyone knows that there are, in the World, hundreds of thousands of fathers and mothers, each one of whom possesses the best children that ever lived. I am, therefore, moved by a sense of the eternal fitness of things to dedicate this little volume to
At the breakfast table Toddie wept again, because I insisted on beginning operations before Budge came. Then neither boy knew exactly what he wanted. Then Budge managed to upset...
5. Part 5“Why, once there was a man, an’ his name was Ferus—_Of_ferus, an’ he went about fightin’ for kings, but when any king got afraid of anybody, he wouldn’t fight for him no more. A...
8. Part 8He undoubtedly told the truth as far as he knew it; but reaching over tables is a bad habit in small boys, especially when their mothers cling to old-fashioned heirlooms of tabl...
3. Part 3Away went the horses, and up went a piercing shriek and a terrible roar. It seemed that both children must have been mortally hurt, and I looked out hastily, only to see Budge a...
4. Part 4I complied with his request. Theoretically I had long believed that the higher wisdom of the Creator was most frequently expressed through the medium of his most innocent creati...
2. Part 2“Well,” said Budge, “Once upon a time the Lord told Jonah to go to Nineveh and tell the people they was all bad. But Jonah didn’t want to go, so he went on a boat that was going...
9. Part 9“I wouldn’t undo a bit of what’s happened—I’m the happiest, proudest woman in the world. But we _have_ been very hasty, for people who have been mere acquaintances. And mother i...
6. Part 6“No, not ‘ex,’ it’s _es_-spect. I know all about it, ’cause I asked him. Es-spect is what folks do when they think you’re nice, and like to talk to you, and——”
1. Part 1Everyone knows that there are, in the World, hundreds of thousands of fathers and mothers, each one of whom possesses the best children that ever lived. I am, therefore, moved b...
10. Part 10Suddenly, the label caught my eye—it read PAREGORIC. In a second I had snatched a shawl, wrapped Toddie in it, tucked him under my arm, and was on my way to the barn. In a momen...