Excerpt from The Gift Story Book, or Short Tales Written for Children Charles lived in the country with his Father, who was so good as to teach him to read and write, and promised him, that, if he would be a good boy, when he was 'a year or two older, he would teach him a great deal more. 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.