Select Parables from Nature, for Use in Schools
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ISBN13: 9780217922777
Paperback|9780217922777
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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: come through, or your beak get at them, what will you do ? Are you sure that will ever happen ? inquired the Robin. Oh certainly, in the course of the winter, at some time or another; and, indeed, it may happen any day now, which makes me anxious to be asleep and out of the way. Oh, well, if it happens now, I shall not mind a bit, cried the Robin; there are plenty of berries left But supposing it should happen when all the berries are gone ? said the Tortoise, actually teased at not being able to frighten the Robin out of his singing propensities. Nay, but if it comes to supposing, exclaimed the Robin, I shall suppose it won't, and so I shall be happy still. But I say it may happen, shouted the Tortoise. And I ask will it ? rejoined the Robin, in quite as determined a manner. Which you know I cannot answer, retorted the Tortoise again. Nobody knows exactly either about the weather or the berries beforehand. Then let nobody trouble themselves beforehand, persisted the Robin. If there was anything to be done to prevent or provide, it would be different. But as it is, we have nothing to do but to be happy in the comfort each day brings. Here the Robin trilled out a few of his favourite notes, but the Tortoise soon interrupted him. Allow other people to be happy, then, as well as yourself, and cease squalling out of that tree. I could have forgiven you, had the branches been full of haws; but, as they are all withered or eaten, you can have no particular excuse for singing in that particular bush, rather than elsewhere; so let me request you at once to go. Of course I will do so, answered the Eobin, politely. It is the same thing to me exactly: so I wish you a good morning, and, if you desire it, a r...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217922777 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217922775 |
| Weight | 0.40 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.27 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 114 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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