Excerpt from The Rainbow, and Other Stories: A Juvenile Gift Oh, mother' said Ned Willis, one bright summer's morning, as he ran down stairs with his little sail-boat in his hand, oh, mother! Do let me play all day to-day. I want to sail my boat and y my kite, and do lots of other things. 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."