Author : Mary Mapes Dodge
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230043135
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (431 download)
Book Synopsis St. Nicholas Volume 37 by : Mary Mapes Dodge
Download or read book St. Nicholas Volume 37 written by Mary Mapes Dodge and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ...shrink in his chair. "I wanted you very much to-day," he said plaintively. "My mother writes that she cannot come--yet. But when she does come, she 's going to bring me a surprise." "Well, surprises arc all right. T like 'em; don't you?" The little boy hardly heard. "It 's such a trembly letter," he said. "Here, read it." The Boy dropped the letter as though it burned him. "No!" he cried. "Nobody's letter for me, thank you. There, don't be afraid, kid. I scared you, did n't I? You see, my present troubles are due to a letter that they said I--But never mind my troubles; let 's think about yours." "It is n't really a trouble." The little fellow was trying to speak bravely. "Give me the letter, and I '11 show you. It 's not a sorry letter, but it makes me want to cry." The Boy picked it up, and together they went over the sweet mother message. It was, as Donald had said, a "trembly" letter, full of little words that caressed and clung, and went straight into a boy's heart. The Boy threw himself on his back on the ground, keeping his face turned away from the little fellow in the chair. Suddenly he hunched up his knees, and throwing one foot over the other, balanced the right one in mid-air. Clinging to the tan-colored leather toe a little body writhed and wriggled. "Oh, let me see it!" cried Donald, all attention. "Is n't it a pretty caterpillar?" "Call that a caterpillar?" "Well--well, what is it?" "Too small for a caterpillar." "But it is a caterpillar, just the same." "That is n't what I call it." "Well, what do you call it?" "A cat 's a cat, is n't...
