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The Story of Patsy

Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Joe to-morrer," said Mike, looking at his ragged boot and scratching it along the edge of the step.

"I don't want yer to, 'f the peach was sour 'n you had ter chuck it away," responded Joe amiably.

"Yes, I think he ought to bring the banana; he made the trade with his eyes open, and the peach didn't look sour, for I saw you squeezing it when you ought to have been singing your morning hymn,—I thought you would get into trouble with it then. Now is it all right, Mike?—that's good! And Joe, don't go poking into other people's lunch baskets. If you hadn't done that, you silly boy," I philosophized whimsically for my own edification, "you would have been a victim; but you descended to the level of your adversary, and you are now simply another little rascal."

We walked down the quiet, narrow street to the corner,—a proceeding I had intended to omit that day, as it was always as exciting as an afternoon tea, and I did not feel equ. . . Read More

Community Reviews

sometimes it's good to leave modernity behind for just a little while and indulge in a vision of the past

Me: "The Story of Patsy... never heard of it. But I love Kate Douglas Wiggin! ... Such a sweet little story. I love her use of language. Oh. Ohhhh. Did not see that coming. There's a whole lot more feels than I expected from such a small book. 'Scuse me while I go find a handkerchief. Someone's cutt

This was a different era, and I was happy to spend an hour in it with this little book. Gave me some things to think about, and a laugh or two.

Short and bittersweet. Meet a teacher who meets a boy who believes he has lost three years of his life:

"...guided all the venturesome small boys through the maze of trucks and horse-cars--a difficult and thankless task, as they absolutely courted decapitation--it being an unwritten law of conduct th