Excerpt from Real Americans SO it came to pass that this child was called Theodore Roosevelt, Junior. While Theodore and Constance were both very young, their brother Elliott and their sister Corinne were added to the happy family. The four children made it a lively household. Little Theodore, for his part, was ever ready to join in any frolic, though his body was frail and sickly. Indeed, the lad suffered from asthma almost from babyhood, and it was Often a pitiful sight to see his white face as he sat bent over, struggling for breath. When he was still a tiny little fellow the Civil War began to rage, but his wise and ten der parents did not allow him to hear much about the sad happenings Of those days. With a light heart, therefore, he played, read stories Of adventure, and Spent many an hour among the pets owned by his aunt next door. Such a fascinating home this aunt had! There were parrots Of beautiful plumage; there were pheasants and peacocks in the big back yard; and there was a wild-eyed monkey which was allowed to climb as it would up and down the posts Of the piazza. Theodore's father believed that games and frolics were the best things possible to make his children have strong minds and bodies when they grew up. But he did not spoil them; they were taught to Obey instantly. 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.