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The Boy Who Had His Own Way
出版CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017-01-18
主題Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
ISBN15406717559781540671752
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=FBlUMQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In the story of OSCAR is portrayed the career of a bright but somewhat headstrong boy who was over-indulged by his parents and who usually managed to "have his own way" by hook or by crook. This is A cautionary tale, portraying the career of a bright but somewhat headstrong boy, over-indulged by his parents.Excerpt from Oscar By Walter Aimwell:THE LETTER.A forgotten duty called to mind--Letter writing--A mysterious allusion--The private room--No backing out--Making a beginning--Getting stuck--Idling away time--Prying into letters--A commotion among the swallows--Teaching the young ones how to fly--A good lesson lost--Mary and her book--Her talk about the pictures--A pretty picture--A wasted hour--Making another attempt--His success--Effects of being in earnest--A copy of Oscar's letter--Emily's inquisitiveness--A rebuke--The message she wanted to send--The meadow lot--Mulching for trees--Going to the old wood lot--Cutting birch twigs-Forgetting to be lazy--The load--A ride to the Cross-Roads--Mailing the letter--Paying the postage in advance.