Excerpt from The Children's Book: A Collection of the Best and Most Famous Stories and Poems in the English Language To you. Be that as it may, replied the Wolf, it was but a year ago that you called me many ill' names. 0 Sir, said the Lamb, trembling, a year ago I was not born. Well, replied the Wolf, if it was not you it was your father, and that is all the same; but it 's no use trying to argue me out of my supper and without an-l other word he fell upon the poor, helpless Lamb and tore her to pieces. 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.