belvicino's

Updated: May 1, 2025

Belvicino's was judged the best, and he took the prize. This so delighted him that he quickly recovered his health and spirits. But he would never have known to whom he was indebted for his success, had not the preceptor pressed Verin to tell him why he had made such palpable faults in his composition. An old man was busily employed in planting and grafting an apple tree.

Harvey Newcomb - Anecdotes for Boys