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HOW NAPOLEON CROSSED THE ALPS . About a hundred years ago there lived a great general whose name was Napoleon Bonaparte . 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 Italy ; but between France and Italy there are high mountains called the Alps , the tops of which are covered with snow . " Is it possible to cross the Alps ? " said Napoleon . 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 trumpets 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 ' Impossible . ' " THE STORY OF CINCINNATUS . There was a man named Cincinnatus who lived on a little farm not far from the city of Rome . He had once been rich , and had held the highest office in the land ; but in one way or another he had lost all his wealth . He was now so poor that he had to do all the work on his farm with his own hands . But in those days it was thought to be a noble thing to till the soil . Cincinnatus was so wise and just that everybody trusted him , and asked his advice ; and when any one was in trouble , and did not know what to do , his neighbors would say , — " Go and tell Cincinnatus . He will help you . " Now there lived among the mountains , not far away , a tribe of fierce , half - wild men , who were at war with the Roman people . They persuaded another tribe of bold warriors to help them , and then marched toward the city , plundering and robbing as they came . They boasted that they would tear down the walls of Rome , and burn the houses , and kill all the men , and make slaves of the women and children . At first the Romans , who were very proud and brave , did not think there was much danger . Every man in Rome was a soldier , and the army which went out to fight the robbers was the finest in the world . No one staid at home with the women and children and boys but the white - haired " Fathers , " as they were called , who made the laws for the city , and a small company of men who guarded the walls . Everybody thought that it would be an easy thing to drive the men of the mountains back to the place where they belonged .
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