Excerpt from The Parent's Assistant, Vol. 5 of 6: Or, Stories for Children These orphans perishing with hunger they thought themselves very happy first time the good old woman took the into her but, bid them warm themselv at her small fire, and gave them a crust mouldy bread to eat: she had not to give; but what she had she ga with good-will. She was very kind these poor children, and worked hard her spinning-wheel, and at her knittin to support herself and them. She earn money also in another way: she used follow all the carriages as they Chalk Hill; and'whenthe horses stop 'to take breath, or to rest themselves, put stones behind the carnage -whe to prevent them from rolling backwa down the steep slippery hill.' 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.