Parley's Present for All Seasons
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217739429
Paperback|9780217739429
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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 SNOW STORM. I will now tell you an American story. There was once a little girl there by the name of Cornelia, who was very fond of having her own way. In this, she was no doubt very much like many other girls, and boys too. But Cornelia carried her self-will very far, and lam going to tell you how it once brought her into serious trouble. You must know that she lived in the western part of Connecticut, and near the ridge of mountains which separates that state from New-York. The village in which she dwelt was called Ridgebury, and if you ever visit the place, you will see that it skirts the woods lying at the foot and up the slopes of an elevated mountain. These woods are filled with chestnut, walnut and butternut trees, and to gather their fruit, the children of the vicinity often visit them. Now at the time of which I speak, it was late in december, but as yet there had been no snow, and very little cold weather. The season was, indeed, uncommonly mild and pleasant. Well, on a certain day, Cornelia had arranged, with some of her young friends, to go into the woods a-nutting. She was very impatient to have the day arrive, and when at last it came, she was in high spirits. The sun rose fair, and seemed for a time to promise a beautiful day, but soon a cloud in the west rose up gradually and spread over the sky. At the same time a peculiar chill was in the air, which made the farmers shake their heads, the birds seek shelter in the forests, and the old hens step slow, high, and long?all the while uttering low and scarcely audible sounds. Cornelia's father was what is called weatlier-wise, and he advised his daughter and her companions not to cam out their plan?saying that he believed it was going to snow. Some of the children were disposed to adopt this advice, but...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217739429 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217739423 |
| Weight | 0.49 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.34 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 144 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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