The Elson Readers. Readers Volume 3
| Author | : William Harris Elson |
| Publisher | : Rarebooksclub.com |
| Total Pages | : 54 |
| Release | : 2013-09 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781230032641 |
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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. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...and no one on the sidewalk offered to take the poor little dog. There was nothing for Jimmie to do but to carry the dog to his own home, which was six blocks away.' Of course he knew he would miss the parade, and oh, how bad he did feel about that! He ran all the way home, made the little dog a soft bed in a box, and then started after the parade. But he was too late. He had lost so much time that when at last he caught up with the boy scouts, they had reached the end of the line of march. Oh, how disappointed he was! That night there was a scout meeting and, of course, Jimmie went. He was a little late, for he had stopped to help his father set the little dog's broken leg. When he entered the room the boys all shouted, "Hurrah for Jimmie Preston. He's a good scout, all right!" "Indeed he is," said the Scout Master. " 'A boy scout is kind.' And today Jimmie Preston was both kind and brave." "Just like George Washington when he was a boy," said Bobbie. "Hurrah for George Washington, the best scout of all," said the boys.---Edna V. Riddleberger. Little Abe hurried home one cold winter evening, as fast as his feet could carry him. Perhaps if he had worn stockings and shoes like yours, he could have run faster. But instead, he wore deerskin leggings and clumsy moccasins of bearskin that his mother had made for him. Such a funny-looking boy he was, hurrying along across the rough fields! His suit was made of warm homespun cloth. His cap was made of coonskin, and the tail of the coon hung down behind. But if you could have looked into the honest, twinkling blue eyes of this little lad of long ago, you would have liked him at once. i In one hand little Abe...
