The Garden of Eden
Blanche Willis Howard
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, Aug. 2, 2012)
Place :A Garden of Eden. Persons :A dam, aged eleven: Eve, aged seven. Serpent: deeming his office a sinecure in the councils of these children, absent. The Tree of Knowledge: a small Bartlett pear tree bearing its first fruits, three perfect pears, caressed by the gardener with tender thumb and finger light as air and destined for my ladys breakfast on the morrow. Time: Twilight, and a Sunday. ADAM and Eve, having seen for weeks that the little tree was good for food, and pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be desired to make one wise, approached and hung about it tentatively. I 11 just see if they are ripe, quoth A dam. So will I, said Eve, his devotee and echo. A dam pinched a pear. Eve did likewise. A dam squeezed a second pear. Eve followed her leader.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at