Ella Lyman Cabot The Honest Farmer
The Honest Farmer
Retold by Ella Lyman Cabot
The dictionary defines integrity as “an uncompromising adherence to a moral code” and ssys the word traces its origins to a Latin term meaning “untouched.” Here is integrity, untouched and unshaken by altered circumstances. There was a war in Germany long ago, and thousands of soldiers were scattered over the country. A captain of the cavalry, who had a great many men and horses to feed, was told by his colonel that he must get food from the farms nearby. The captain walked for some time through the lonely valley, and at last knocked at the door of a small cottage. The man who opened it looked old and lame. He leaned on a stick. “Good day, sir,” said the captain. “Will you kindly show me a
Retold by Ella Lyman Cabot
The dictionary defines integrity as “an uncompromising adherence to a moral code” and ssys the word traces its origins to a Latin term meaning “untouched.” Here is integrity, untouched and unshaken by altered circumstances. There was a war in Germany long ago, and thousands of soldiers were scattered over the country. A captain of the cavalry, who had a great many men and horses to feed, was told by his colonel that he must get food from the farms nearby. The captain walked for some time through the lonely valley, and at last knocked at the door of a small cottage. The man who opened it looked old and lame. He leaned on a stick. “Good day, sir,” said the captain. “Will you kindly show me a