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Title: The Soldier Turned FarmerAuthor: AnonymousRelease date: June 14, 2010 [eBook #32810]Language: EnglishCredits: Produced by Colin Bell, David Wilson and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Title: The Soldier Turned Farmer
Author: Anonymous
Author: Anonymous
Release date: June 14, 2010 [eBook #32810]
Language: English
Credits: Produced by Colin Bell, David Wilson and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SOLDIER TURNED FARMER ***
PORTLAND:BAILEY & NOYES.
lyre, trumpet and laurel branches
PORTLAND:BAILEY & NOYES.
[2]ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ&abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz[3]globeThis Globe you see is almost round, as the earth on which you live, and like the stars that shine above you every night.mortarA Mortar.This is made of iron, or of wood, or of stone, and is used to pound spice in for puddings.[4]footwearBoot and Shoes for my father. When you grow a gentleman, you shall have white-top boots and silk strings in your shoes.mortarA Black Hat which is made of wool and fur, and then worn by men and boys. We will go to the hatter’s and buy one.[5]wool sackWool Sack is a large bag, filled with wool from the back of the Sheep that have already come from the pasture to be sheared.treeThis great Tree stands in the Common, and is 65 feet high, 22 feet girth or circumference, 7 feet through, and 83 feet across the branches or about 250 feet round, and covering 7289 sq. ft.[6]horseA Horse is a fine fellow to ride on. Horses are of all colours, bay and black, grey and white, and chesnut and sorrel.cider barrelA Barrel of cider that the farmer has brought us from the country. I hope the barrel was sweet and clean before he put the cider in it.[7]houseHere is the pretty House that Daniel’s father built, and where he now lives with all his little boys. It has trees before it, and the children are playing in the parlour.sheepThis Sheep is one of the flock, who is going home because he has eaten grass enough to-day.[8]tea chestChest of Tea from the Chinese. Little boys and girls must not have tea, because milk, which you can have from this cow is much better.cowThis Cow belongs to the farmer whose history I am now going to tell you, and who brings milk here every day.[9]Story of the Boy who would be a Soldier.There was a little boy who was just four years old when I knew him, and he lived in this house,houseand when he grew up he did not wish to be[10]a scholar, and learn the letters, but wanted to be a Soldier and follow the drum. Here you can see one, prettydrumenough to look at, but of a very noisy sound. Well, this boy would become a soldier, and he[11]was drest in a suit of fine clothes every day, and he strutted about, but if he did any thing wrong, he was sure to be whipped. See him march before the sentry-box, which I think is very hard work, because he must keep going, whether it rains hard or shines hot. In his hand is a heavy gun, on his back a knapsack, and on his head a great cocked hat. Look at[12]him, and see besides the tents or huts in which a soldier sleeps.sentryWell, after a little time he had to go to a great distance from home, into another part of the world, and one night while he was[13]lying under the tent on his straw bed, he was very much startled by hearing this Lion roar,lionfor he was in that part of the globe where lions live, and he was so frightened that he said he would not be a[14]soldier any longer, but get to his home again as fast as he could. So in the very first ship that sailed for his own country he came home. Here is the ship.ship[15]When he left off his coloured clothes, and his gun and belts, he wore a round hat, and went to be a farmer, and he soon bought him a bay horse, and here he has him by the bridle. Ifyou are a good child to-day, he will put him in[16]a chaise and give you a pleasant ride.horseI think it much better for him to be a farmer, and to keeps pigs, and sheep, and cows, and horses, than to be shooting men with his black powder and leaden balls, and I wish him success in his new labour.
[3]globeThis Globe you see is almost round, as the earth on which you live, and like the stars that shine above you every night.
This is made of iron, or of wood, or of stone, and is used to pound spice in for puddings.
[4]footwearBoot and Shoes for my father. When you grow a gentleman, you shall have white-top boots and silk strings in your shoes.
mortarA Black Hat which is made of wool and fur, and then worn by men and boys. We will go to the hatter’s and buy one.
[5]wool sackWool Sack is a large bag, filled with wool from the back of the Sheep that have already come from the pasture to be sheared.
treeThis great Tree stands in the Common, and is 65 feet high, 22 feet girth or circumference, 7 feet through, and 83 feet across the branches or about 250 feet round, and covering 7289 sq. ft.
[6]horseA Horse is a fine fellow to ride on. Horses are of all colours, bay and black, grey and white, and chesnut and sorrel.
cider barrelA Barrel of cider that the farmer has brought us from the country. I hope the barrel was sweet and clean before he put the cider in it.
[7]houseHere is the pretty House that Daniel’s father built, and where he now lives with all his little boys. It has trees before it, and the children are playing in the parlour.
sheepThis Sheep is one of the flock, who is going home because he has eaten grass enough to-day.
[8]tea chestChest of Tea from the Chinese. Little boys and girls must not have tea, because milk, which you can have from this cow is much better.
cowThis Cow belongs to the farmer whose history I am now going to tell you, and who brings milk here every day.
There was a little boy who was just four years old when I knew him, and he lived in this house,houseand when he grew up he did not wish to be[10]a scholar, and learn the letters, but wanted to be a Soldier and follow the drum. Here you can see one, prettydrumenough to look at, but of a very noisy sound. Well, this boy would become a soldier, and he[11]was drest in a suit of fine clothes every day, and he strutted about, but if he did any thing wrong, he was sure to be whipped. See him march before the sentry-box, which I think is very hard work, because he must keep going, whether it rains hard or shines hot. In his hand is a heavy gun, on his back a knapsack, and on his head a great cocked hat. Look at[12]him, and see besides the tents or huts in which a soldier sleeps.
sentry
Well, after a little time he had to go to a great distance from home, into another part of the world, and one night while he was[13]lying under the tent on his straw bed, he was very much startled by hearing this Lion roar,lionfor he was in that part of the globe where lions live, and he was so frightened that he said he would not be a[14]soldier any longer, but get to his home again as fast as he could. So in the very first ship that sailed for his own country he came home. Here is the ship.
ship
[15]When he left off his coloured clothes, and his gun and belts, he wore a round hat, and went to be a farmer, and he soon bought him a bay horse, and here he has him by the bridle. Ifyou are a good child to-day, he will put him in[16]a chaise and give you a pleasant ride.
horse
I think it much better for him to be a farmer, and to keeps pigs, and sheep, and cows, and horses, than to be shooting men with his black powder and leaden balls, and I wish him success in his new labour.
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