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. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...to do his duty. SHEPHERD The shepherd was sick and the shepherd's wife looked out from her door with anxious eyes. "Who will carry the sheep to the pasture lands to-day?" she said to her little boy Jean. "I will," cried Jean, "I will. Mother, let me." Jean and his father and mother lived long ago in a sunny ...
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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. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...to do his duty. SHEPHERD The shepherd was sick and the shepherd's wife looked out from her door with anxious eyes. "Who will carry the sheep to the pasture lands to-day?" she said to her little boy Jean. "I will," cried Jean, "I will. Mother, let me." Jean and his father and mother lived long ago in a sunny land across the sea where flowers bloom, and birds sing, and shepherds feed their flocks in the green valleys. Every morning, as soon as it was light, Jean's father was up and away with his sheep. He had never missed a morning before, and the sheep were bleating in the fold as if to say, "Don't forget us to-day." The sheep were Jean's playfellows. There was nothing he liked better than to wander with them in the pleasant pastures, and already they knew his voice and followed at his call. "Let the lad go," said his old grandfather. "When I was no older than he I watched my father's flock." Jean's father said the same thing, so the mother made haste to get the little boy ready. "Eat your dinner when the shadows lie straight across the grass," she said as she kissed him good-by. "And keep the sheep from the forest paths," called his sick father. "And watch, for it is when the shepherd is not watching that the wolf comes to the flock," said the old grandfather. "Never fear," said little Jean. "The wolf shall not have any of my white lambs." There were white sheep and black sheep and frolicsome lambs in the shepherd's flock, and each one had a name of its own. There was Babbette, and Nannette, and Pierrot, and Jeannot, --I cannot tell them all, but Jean knew every name. "Come, Bettine and Marie. Come, Pierrot and Croisette. Come, pretty ones all," he called as he led them from the fold that day. "I will carry you to the meadows where the daisies...
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Good in Poor jacket. 183p. The jacket is heavily worn, with chipping along edges and folds, and some old tape repair along edges. It is inside a protective mylar cover to prevent further damage. Green boards with pictorial in blue and orange. Well rubbed all over, bumped to corners. Cloth is wearing thin along edges and hinges. Gift note on front pastedown, small store sticker on same. There is a little light paging soil inside; most pages are still clean, if a little yellow. The binding is sound. Illustrator: Sanborn, F. C.; Railton, Fanny. Jacket Condition: Poor. Size: 12mo-over 6 3/4 in-7 3/4 in tall. Year: 1929.
