The Good Ship Rover

The Good Ship Rover, by Robina F. Hardy
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Title: The Good Ship Rover
Author: Robina F. Hardy
Release Date: December 10, 2007 Language: English
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Transcribed from the [1888] T. Nelson and Sons, Home Sunshine Series, by David Price, ccx074@pglaf.org
THE GOOD SHIP “ROVER.”
T . NELSON AND SONS.
London, Edinburgh, and New York.
I. HIGH AND DRY.
A gallant ship, some three feet in length, with full equipment of white sails and sturdy masts, rigging, pennon, and figurehead; but it had never seen the sea —never! It had “cast anchor” nearly a year before my story begins in the Leslies’ nursery—a very pleasant, airy room, with nice pictures on the wall and a good many toys scattered about, but certainly not the very least resembling the sea. In fact, I don’t think Mrs. Leslie would have liked if it had resembled it; for she was very much afraid of the children being near a lake or a pond even, on account of the dangers of damp feet and catching cold—two evils which always haunted her mind more or less. She was rather a delicate creature, ...