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Famous StoriesGrace DarlingIt was a dark Sep-tem-ber morning. There was a storm at sea... Arnold Winkelried A great army was marching into Swit-zer-land. If it should ... King Canute On The Seashore A hundred years or more after the time of Alfred the Great ... Pocahontas There was once a very brave man whose name was John Smith. ... The Story Of Regulus On the other side of the sea from Rome there was once a gre... Androclus And The Lion In Rome there was once a poor slave whose name was An'dro-c... The Black Douglas In Scotland, in the time of King Robert Bruce, there lived ... A Story Of Robin Hood In the rude days of King Rich-ard and King John there were ... Horatius At The Bridge Once there was a war between the Roman people and the E-tru... Whittington And His Cat The City There was once a little boy whose name was Rich... The Miller Of The Dee Once upon a time there lived on the banks of the River Dee ... The Sword Of Damocles There was once a king whose name was Di-o-nys'i-us. He was ... A Laconic Answer Many miles beyond Rome there was a famous country which we ... Other Wise Men Of Gotham One day, news was brought to Gotham that the king was comin... Sir Philip Sidney A cruel battle was being fought. The ground was covered wit... Bruce And The Spider There was once a king of Scot-land whose name was Robert Br... The Barmecide Feast There was once a rich old man who was called the Bar-me-cid... How Napoleon Crossed The Alps About a hundred years ago there lived a great gen-er-al who... King Alfred And The Cakes Many years ago there lived in Eng-land a wise and good ... Doctor Goldsmith There was once a kind man whose name was Oliver Gold-smith.... |
HOW NAPOLEON CROSSED THE ALPSAbout a hundred years ago there lived a great gen-er-al whose name was Na-po'le-on Bo'na-parte. He was the leader of the French army; and France was at war with nearly all the countries around. He wanted very much to take his soldiers into It-a-ly; but between France and Italy there are high mountains called the Alps, the tops of which are covered with snow. "Is it pos-si-ble to cross the Alps?" said Na-po-le-on. The men who had been sent to look at the passes over the mountains shook their heads. Then one of them said, "It may be possible, but"-- "Let me hear no more," said Napoleon. "Forward to Italy!" People laughed at the thought of an army of sixty thousand men crossing the Alps where there was no road. But Napoleon waited only to see that everything was in good order, and then he gave the order to march. The long line of soldiers and horses and cannon stretched for twenty miles. When they came to a steep place where there seemed to be no way to go farther, the trum-pets sounded "Charge!" Then every man did his best, and the whole army moved right onward. Soon they were safe over the Alps. In four days they were marching on the plains of Italy. "The man who has made up his mind to win," said Napoleon, "will never say 'Im-pos-si-ble.'" Next: THE STORY OF CINCINNATUS Previous: THE BELL OF ATRI
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