The Treasure Chest of My Book House - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1419156667 ISBN 13 : 9781419156663

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Olive Beaupre Miller

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Howard Pyle BUT it is not always the lucky one that carries away the plums; sometimes he only shakes the tree, and the wise man pockets the fruit. Once upon a long, long time ago, and in a country far, far away, there lived two men in the same town and both were named Selim; one was Selim the Baker, and one was Selim the Fisherman. Selim the Baker was well off in the world, but Selim the Fisherman was only so-so. Selim the Baker always had plenty to eat and a warm comer in cold weather, but many and many a time Selim the Fisherman sstomach went empty and his teeth went chattering. Once it happened that for time after time Selim the Fisherman caught nothing but bad luck in his nets, and not so much as a single sprat, and he was very hungry. Come, said he to himself, those who have some should surely give to those who have none, and so he went to Selim the Baker. Let me have a loaf of bread, said he, and I will pay you for it to-morrow. Very well, said Selim the Baker; I will let you have a loaf if you will give me all that you catch in your nets to-morrow. So be it, said Selim the Fisherman, for need drives one to hard bargains sometimes; and therewith he got his loaf of bread. So the next day Selim the Fisherman fished and fished and fished and fished, and still he caught no more than the day before; until just at sunset he cast his net for the last time for the day, and, lo and behold! there was something heavy in it. So he dragged it ashore, and what should it be but a leaden box, sealed as tight as wax, and covered with all manner of strange letters and figures. Here, said he, is something to pay for my bread of yesterday, at any rate; and as he was an honest man, off he marched with it to Selim the Baker. Taken from Twilight Land. Used by permission of the publishers. Harper Brothers.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1419156667
• ISBN 13: 9781419156663
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Miller Olive Beaupre
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible