. The Gift story book, or, Short tales written for children . every thing was inundated :the farm in the valley was entirelydestroyed, and all the cattle, with whichthe rich man had stocked it, weredrowned. Davis, on his hill, had felt thesharpness and biting frosts of winter; hehad heard the wind roar, and the rainbeat against his casement: but when thesnow melted, he felt no ill effects from it,but turned out his cattle, which he hadsheltered whilst it lay on the ground, tofeast on the fresh herbage which hadbeen preserved under it. I perceive now, said Edmond, that 92 EDMOND. I have been on
. The Gift story book, or, Short tales written for children . every thing was inundated :the farm in the valley was entirelydestroyed, and all the cattle, with whichthe rich man had stocked it, weredrowned. Davis, on his hill, had felt thesharpness and biting frosts of winter; hehad heard the wind roar, and the rainbeat against his casement: but when thesnow melted, he felt no ill effects from it,but turned out his cattle, which he hadsheltered whilst it lay on the ground, tofeast on the fresh herbage which hadbeen preserved under it. I perceive now, said Edmond, that 92 EDMOND. I have been once more mistaken; andthat, instead of thinking Davis an objectof pity, I should look upon him as afortunate man. If he had remained inthe valley, his whole property would havebeen destroyed, and he would have beena beggar : now he has but to be doublyattentive to his labor, and he will soonrecover the expense of his removal; hewill then be just as well as he was ; andhe might this day have been without amorsel of bread, or a shilling to purchase one. Li i. THE INUNDATION. (93) THE INUNDATION. You are as obstinate as a mule, saidCharles Stevenson to his brother James, and full of contradiction into the bargain :if I propose a thing, you always foreseeten thousand difficulties in the way, andinsist- on proving to me that I am wrong,and you are never so; and when onceyou have said a thing, the whole worldcould not persuade you to unsay it You are quite mistaken, answered James: when I know that I am right, * W7hy should I not maintain it ? I am not 94 THE INUNDATION. obliged to be of your opinion. Yousay all this because I am not such aquiz as you are: you always like towalk in the path, that you may not dirtyyour clean stockings; I like to climbover the hedge, when that is the nearestway. Very true/ replied Charles ; but ifI were to propose going over the hedge,you would prefer the path; and, moreover,would insist that it wras the nearest \vay!When we are out in the fields in the
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