Early Lessons |
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Author:
| Edgeworth, Maria |
ISBN: | 978-0-217-77891-6 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2012 |
Publisher: | General Books LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $17.28 |
Book Description:
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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: FRANK. PART I. Thebe was a little boy whose name was Frank. He Lad a father and a mother, who were very kind to him; and he loved them. He liked to talk to them, and he liked to walk with them, and he liked to he with them. He liked to do what they asked him to do; and he took care not to do what they...
More DescriptionPurchase 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: FRANK. PART I. Thebe was a little boy whose name was Frank. He Lad a father and a mother, who were very kind to him; and he loved them. He liked to talk to them, and he liked to walk with them, and he liked to he with them. He liked to do what they asked him to do; and he took care not to do what they desired him not to do. When his father or mother said to him, Frank, shut the door, he ran directly and shut the door. When they said to him, Frank, do not touch that knife, he took his hands away from the knife and did not touch it. He was an obedient little boy. One evening, when his father and mother were drinking tea, he was sitting under the tea-table; and he took hold of one of the legs of the table, and he tried to pull it towards himself; but he could not move it. He took hold of another leg of the table, and he found that he could not move it; but at last he took hold of one, which he found that he could move very easily; for this leg turned upon a hinge, and was not fixed like the other legs. As he was drawing this leg of the table towards him, his mother said to him, Frank, what are you doing ? And ho answered, Mamma, I am playing with the leg of the table. And his mother said, What do you mean by saying that you are playing with the leg of the table ? And Frank said, I mean that I am pulling it towards me, mamma. And his mother said, Let it alone, my dear. And Frank took his hands away from the leg of the table, and he let it alone; and he came from under thetable, and got up, and stood beside his mother. And he said, Mamma, I have come away from the leg of the table, that I may not think of touching it any more.? And his father and mother smiled. And Frank said, But, mother, will you tell me why you bade me let i...