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Excerpt from Pleasing and Instructive Stories for Young Children Come to mamma, Emma: she will take you upon her lap, and tell you a pretty story. You like to hear pretty stories, I am sure. Yes, I know you do. I must tell you about a good little girl, you say. Very well, so I will. I like to talk about good little girls, for I love good girls; and so do all good people. But we must sit back from the fire the hot fire will scorch my little girl's face, and make her eyes sore. Now, let us begin our story. 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.