The Little Keepsake Story BookS. Babcock, 1845 - 64 страници |
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Страница 17 - And where is uncle Henry now ? " I asked. " He is in heaven now," she replied; "he never came to us, as we hoped he would, for he died far away, and his grave is in the sea ; and so now, when I listen to the shell, I fancy that the sea whispers, in the same soft manner, above my uncle Henry's grave. And sometimes, when I listen, I think he whispers to me from heaven, and tells me to be a good child...
Страница 46 - ... and wept. But the lamb began to revive, and the child was glad ; and he took a silken cord, and placed it about his neck, and led the lamb about with him wherever he went ; and in the joy of his heart he thought the lamb must be as happy as himself. But it pined for the loss of its mother's love, and the peace it had known amid the happy little flock in the far-off fold. One summer day, the child, being weary with long rambling, fell asleep on a bank of flowers, still holding the silken cord...
Страница 46 - ... take care of the poor little creature. Now, the child had a tender heart, and he took the lamb, and bathed its wounds, and washed the blood from its snowy fleece, and wept. But the lamb began to revive, and the child was glad ; and he took a silken cord, and placed it about his neck, and led the lamb about with him wherever he went ; and in the joy of his heart he thought the lamb must be as happy as himself. But it pined for the loss of its mother's love, and the peace it had known amid the...
Страница 18 - No, my dear Lucy," said her mamma, " I can not permit you to ride with your brother, until you learn to do to him as you would have him do to you : you know, my dear child, that you have not acted in a proper manner...
Страница 48 - ... and all things he had loved in the first happy moments of his little life, were present to his eye : and the poor lamb closed his eyes in sorrow. But as his heart grew more faint, he was startled by the tinkling of a distant bell ; and slowly raising his head, he beheld his own little flock in their own happy fold ; and new life awoke in his heart, and new light shone from his eye, and new strength came to his feet, and in a moment more the lost lamb was by his mother's side, telling how he had...
Страница 18 - ... would be sure to spoil it : and so she would not let him sit in it at all. Well, Robert's aunt gave him a pretty little carriage, painted green, with two nice soft seats in it ; and one morning Betsy, the nursemaid, took him out for a ride. And...
Страница 45 - The Story of a Little Lamb. IT was on a soft morning in May, when a certain little lamb was called from sleep by the tinkling of the sheep-bell. Slowly he raised his head, still keeping his fore feet bent under his bosom, and looked with a sleepy eye after his mother, who had just trotted away from his side. Again the bell sounded, and the pretty little lamb rose upon his feet, and was soon leaping by his mother's side. Now, the field in which these sheep dwelt was a place of great beauty...
Страница 39 - I was coming from school, mother, and he asked me to buy an image of him, and told me how poor they were, and how sick his father was; and I asked him to take me to see his father, and told him I would buy an image of him, if you would give me leave.
Страница 45 - ... side. Again the bell sounded, and the pretty little lamb rose upon his feet, and was soon leaping by his mother's side. Now, the field in which these sheep dwelt was a place of great beauty; the verdant hill, the sparkling streamlet, the shady tree, the green pasture, were all there : it seemed a quiet fold apart from the rest of the world — a pleasant place on purpose for that happy little flock. Now, the little lamb of which I have been speaking, was the darling of the flock : no other had...
Страница 45 - ... apart from the rest of the world — a pleasant place on purpose for that happy little flock. Now, the little lamb of which I have been speaking, was the darling of the flock : no other had so white a fleece, so mild an eye, so gentle a nature. One day as this little lamb was playing by himself, at a short distance from the fold, he was espied by an eagle, who no sooner beheld him than he darted down, and seizing him in his talons, bore him far away from the little flock. O ! it was sad to see...