The Horse. What a pretty horse! mamma. How I should like a horse! Let me have one, mamma, will you?" "No, my dear Charles, you are not old enough to manage one: a wooden one will suit you best: he cannot hurt you." "Papa has a horse like that, and it does not hurt him: why would it hurt me?" "Because you are not strong enough to manage him, nor are you old enough to take care of him. 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.