Mixed Pickles: A Story for Girls and Boys

Excerpt from Mixed Pickles: A Story for Girls and BoysIf you had just rushed in full of the great news that the robin's blue eggs in that dear little nest by the garden door were gone, and four gaping, featherless darlings were there in stead, you felt that it was much worth while tn try and make grandmother enter into the delight of the surprise. And when you had told her, she would only say, Very nice, my dear; very charming, I'm sure. Now run out again, and don't get freckled. After which she would smooth down her heavy watered-silk gown, and doze over the big grave book again.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.