Everyday Classics
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217475259
Paperback|9780217475259
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE LAST LESSON I was very late that morning on my way to school, and was afraid of being scolded, as the master had told us he should question us on the verbs, and I did not know the first word, for I had not studied my lesson, 5 For a moment I thought of playing truant. The air was so warm and bright, and I could hear the blackbirds whistling in the edge of the woods, and the Prussians who were drilling in the meadow behind the sawmill. I liked this much better than learning the rules for 10 verbs, but I did not dare to stop, so I ran quickly toward school. Passing the mayor's office, I saw people standing before the little bulletin board. For two years it was there that we received all the news of battles, of victo- 15 ries and defeats. What is it now? I thought, without stopping to look at the bulletin. Then, as I ran along, the blacksmith, who was there reading the bill, cried out to me, Not so fast, little 20one, you will reach your school soon enough. I thought he was laughing at me and ran faster than ever, reaching the school yard quite out of breath. Usually, at the beginning of school, a loud noise could be heard from the street. Desks were beingopened and closed, and lessons repeated at the top of the voice. Occasionally the heavy ruler of the master beat the table, as he cried, Silence, please, silence I hoped to be able to take my seat in all this noise without being seen; but that morning the room was5 quiet and orderly. Through the open window I saw my schoolmates already in their places. The master was walking up and down the room with the iron ruler under his arm and a book in his hand. 10 As I entered he looked at me kindly, and said, without scolding, Go quickly to your place, little Franz; we were just going to begin witho...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217475259 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217475256 |
| Weight | 0.75 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.52 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 228 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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