This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...other pretty pieces of candy, which they hid in the bottom of the basket. It had been fun to make the basket; it was even more fun to fill it with the pretty candies; yet the happiest time of all was the time spent in the woods gathering the fragrant anemones, with their tender pink and white blossoms. How pretty the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...other pretty pieces of candy, which they hid in the bottom of the basket. It had been fun to make the basket; it was even more fun to fill it with the pretty candies; yet the happiest time of all was the time spent in the woods gathering the fragrant anemones, with their tender pink and white blossoms. How pretty the basket looked when it was filled with the lovely blossoms! The children could hardly wait until it was dark. They whispered together in the corners of the sittingroom, they smiled at one another across the table, and every few moments they would go into the corner where the basket was hidden, and look to see how beautiful it was. Mamma was sitting by the table, in the evening, reading aloud to papa. Suddenly she heard a very loud knock upon the door. She sprang to her feet. "Somebody has hung a May basket for the children," she said. "Elsie, Edith, Mary! Where are you?" But nobody answered, and she went to the door herself to get the May basket. How surprised she was to find her own name upon it! She called to papa, and they went out together in search of the hidden children. She heard Elsie laugh, and so she found her behind the lilac bush. Mary was hidden behind the great elm tree, and Edith was under the grape vine at the corner of the house. How they laughed! How happy they were! Mamma said it was the most beautiful May basket she ever had seen. The flowers were the very flowers she loved the best, and as for the peppermints, she had been wanting them for a week! A BOY HERO. "AR away across the sea lies a country called Holland. The people who live in Holland are called the Dutch. I hope you will some day make a visit to this far away country. If you do, you will see many things which you never see at home. Whicheve...
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Add this copy of Stepping Stones to Literature; Volume 2 to cart. $38.96, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Wentworth Press.
