Excerpt from The Story of a PebbleOne day, after a storm, the waves were heaving wildly, and as they dashed foaming upon the shore, they carried along with them a vast mass of pebbles. I was one of the number. What a pleasant moment it was when thg' retreating waves had left me resting upon the soft white sand, with the sun shining so brightly upon me, that my moistened surface gleamed with light. Hitherto I had looked dark and colourless, now I seemed to be sparkling with beauty. Very little time, however, was given for any self-complacency on my part, for a pitiless wave snatched me from my resting-place, and bore me back to the ocean.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.