The Luck of the Bean-Rows: A Fairy Tale (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Charles Nodier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331027349 ISBN 13: 9781331027348

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Luck of the Bean-Rows: A Fairy Tale

The old man took him on his knee and danced him gently up and down, in the way the ladies ride in the Park, and said all sorts of droll things to amuse him; and the child responded in his own prattling fashion, for who would like to seem backward in such jolly talk P Meanwhile the old woman lit upthe house with a fire of dry bean pods, which gladdened the little body of the newcomer, and prepared an excellent bean-pap which a spoonful of honey made delicious eating. Then she laid him to sleep in his fine white night clothes in the best bed of bean-chaff in the house; for these poor folk knew nothing of feather-beds and eider-downs, When he was fast asleep, There is one thing that bothers me, said the old man to his Wife, and that is what we are to call this bonny boy, for we know neither his parents nor Where he comes from.

We must call him, said the old woman, for though she was but a simple peasant she was quick witted, The Luck of the Bean rows, for it was in our bean field he came to us, the best of luck, to comfort us in our old age.

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Excerpt from The Luck of the Bean-Rows: A Fairy Tale Once upon a time there was a man and his wife who were poor and very old. They had never had any children, and this was a great trouble to them, for they foresaw that in a few years more they would not be able to grow their beans and take them to market. One day while they were weeding in their field (that with a little cabin was all they possessed - I wish owned as much!) - one day, I say, while they were getting rid of the weeds the old woman spied in a corner, where they grew thickest, a small bundle very carefully tied up; and what should she find in it but a lovely boy, eight or ten months old to look at, but quite two years in intelligence! He had been weaned; at all events he needed no pressing to partake of boiled beans, which he raised to his mouth very prettily. 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1331027349
• ISBN 13: 9781331027348
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 69