Stories for Children (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Stories for Children The younger boy laughed as he said, Well Ber tram, but nobody is afraid, then, I should think. Oh, yes, they are. I have known people afraid to go in a churchyard at night by themselves, to stay in a house or room by themselves, when it is dark, or walk home in lonely roads alone: those I call cowards. Then there are fellows who are afraid to do right for fear they should be laughed at, or afraid to speak the truth for fear they should be punished. Fear, in real danger, seems to me only a natural feeling given us to preserve our lives. I don't think that is cowardice. Well, then, I'm not a coward; for I don't believe I should be afraid of any of those sort of things, though I don't know that I was ever tried. 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.