The Children's Book A Collection of the Best and Most Famous Stories and Poems in the English Language (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Children's Book: A Collection of the Best and Most Famous Stories and Poems in the English Language AS a Wolf was lapping at the head of a running brook, he spied a stray Lamb paddling at some dis tance down the stream. Having made up his mind to seize her, he bethought himself how he might justify his violence. Villain, said he, running up to her, how dare you muddle the water that I am drinking? Indeed, said the Lamb, humbly, I do not see how I can disturb the water, since it runs from you to me, not from. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.