{"product_id":"2940013615694","title":"CHARLES' JOURNEY TO FRANCE","description":"CHARLES' JOURNEY TO FRANCE,             9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE BALL PLAYERS,                      32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE LITTLE BOY WHO WAS A COWARD,       39\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  MY MOTHER,                             44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  STORIES OF DOGS,                       49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  A NAUGHTY BOY,                         59\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE SILLY LAMB,                        63\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LUCY AND HER LAMB,                     71\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTORY OF A JOURNEY TO FRANCE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell, Charles, we will take a journey. We will go to France. We will\u003cbr\u003esee some of the world besides home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBring your hat. Good-bye, Papa. Farewell, Billy, and Harry, and every\u003cbr\u003ebody. We are going a great way off. And we shall go down the lane, and\u003cbr\u003ethrough the church-yard and by the corner-house, and over the stile,\u003cbr\u003etill we have got quite into the fields. How pretty the fields will\u003cbr\u003elook! for it will be summer days again before we go. And there will be\u003cbr\u003eyellow flowers, and white flowers, and grass, and trees, and hedges;\u003cbr\u003eand the grasshoppers, will chirp, chirp, under our feet. Do not try to\u003cbr\u003ecatch them; it will only hinder us, and we have a great way to go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePray what are those pretty creatures that look so meek and\u003cbr\u003egood-natured, and have soft thick white wool upon their backs, like a\u003cbr\u003egreatcoat, and make a noise like the little baby when it cries? Those\u003cbr\u003eare sheep and lambs. And what are those creatures with horns, that\u003cbr\u003eare bigger than the sheep? Some of them are black, and some red: they\u003cbr\u003emake a loud noise, but they do not look as if they would hurt any\u003cbr\u003ebody. Those are cows that give milk. Stroke them. Poor cows! stand\u003cbr\u003estill and look back. Now we cannot see papa's house at all; and we can\u003cbr\u003esee only the top of the church steeple. Let us go a little farther.\u003cbr\u003eNow look back. Now we cannot see the church at all. Farewell! We are\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003egoing a great way. Shall we ever come back again? Yes, we shall come\u003cbr\u003eback again; but we must go on now. Come, make haste.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is that tall thing that has four great arms which move very fast?\u003cbr\u003eI believe, if I was near it, they would strike me down. It is a\u003cbr\u003ewind-mill. Those arms are the sails. The wind turns them round. And\u003cbr\u003ewhat is a wind-mill for? It is to grind corn. You could have no bread\u003cbr\u003eif the corn were not ground. Well, but here is a river; how shall we\u003cbr\u003edo to get over it? Why, do you not see how those ducks do? they swim\u003cbr\u003eover. But I cannot swim. Then you must learn to swim, I believe: it is\u003cbr\u003etoo wide to jump over. O, here is a Bridge! Somebody has made a\u003cbr\u003ebridge for us quite over the river. That somebody was very good, for I\u003cbr\u003edo not know what we should have done without it; and he was very clever\u003cbr\u003etoo. I wonder how he made it. I am sure I could not make such a bridge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: Well, but here is a river.--_Page 12._]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell, we must go on, on, on; and we shall see more rivers, and more\u003cbr\u003efields, and towns bigger than our town a great deal--large towns, and\u003cbr\u003efine churches, streets, and people--more than there is at the fair.\u003cbr\u003eAnd we shall have a great many high hills to climb. I believe I must\u003cbr\u003eget somebody to carry the little boy up those high hills. And\u003cbr\u003esometimes we shall go through dusty sandy roads; and sometimes through\u003cbr\u003egreen lanes, where we shall hear the birds sing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSometimes we shall go over wide commons, where we shall see no trees,\u003cbr\u003enor any house; and large heaths, where there is hardly any\u003cbr\u003egrass--only some purple flowers, and a few black nosed little sheep.\u003cbr\u003eHa! did you see that pretty brown creature that ran across the path?\u003cbr\u003eHere is another; and look! there is another; there are a great many.\u003cbr\u003eThey are rabbits. They live here, and make themselves houses in the\u003cbr\u003eground. This is a rabbit-warren.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow we are come amongst a great many trees--more trees than there are\u003cbr\u003ein the orchard by a great many, and taller trees. There is oak, and\u003cbr\u003eash, and elm. This is a wood. What great boughs the trees have! like\u003cbr\u003ethick arms. The sun cannot shine amongst the trees, they are so\u003cbr\u003ethick. Look, there is a squirrel! Jumping from one tree to another. He\u003cbr\u003eis very nimble. What a pretty tail he has!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell; when we have gone on a great many days, through a great many\u003cbr\u003efields and towns, we shall come to a great deep water, bigger a great\u003cbr\u003emany times than the river, for you can see over the river, you\u003cbr\u003eknow--you can see fields on the other side; but this is so large, and\u003cbr\u003eso wide, you can see nothing but water, water, as far as ever you can\u003cbr\u003ecarry your eyes. And it is not smooth, like the river; it is all\u003cbr\u003erough, like the great pot in the kitchen when it is boiling; and it is\u003cbr\u003eso deep, it would drown you, if you were as tall as two church\u003cbr\u003esteeples.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083061248240,"sku":"2940013615694","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013615694_p0.jpg?v=1763583054","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013615694","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}