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" I thought I heard the roar of breakers , " said the pilot . " We must be near the shore . " " I cannot tell , " said Ralph the Rover ; " but I think we are not far from the Inchcape Rock . I wish we could hear the good abbot's bell . " The next moment there was a great crash . " It is the Inchcape Rock ! " the sailors cried , as the ship gave a lurch to one side , and began to sink . " Oh , what a wretch am I ! " cried Ralph the Rover . " This is what comes of the joke that I played on the good abbot ! " What was it that he heard as the waves rushed over him ? Was it the abbot's bell , ringing for him far down at the bottom of the sea ? WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT . I . THE CITY . There was once a little boy whose name was Richard Whittington ; but everybody called him Dick . His father and mother had died when he was only a babe , and the people who had the care of him were very poor . Dick was not old enough to work , and so he had a hard time of it indeed . Sometimes he had no breakfast , and sometimes he had no dinner ; and he was glad at any time to get a crust of bread or a drop of milk . Now , in the town where Dick lived , the people liked to talk about London . None of them had ever been to the great city , but they seemed to know all about the wonderful things which were to be seen there . They said that all the folks who lived in London were fine gentlemen and ladies ; that there was singing and music there all day long ; that nobody was ever hungry there , and nobody had to work ; and that the streets were all paved with gold . Dick listened to these stories , and wished that he could go to London . One day a big wagon drawn by eight horses , all with bells on their heads , drove into the little town . Dick saw the wagon standing by the inn , and he thought that it must be going to the fine city of London . When the driver came out and was ready to start , the lad ran up and asked him if he might walk by the side of the wagon . The driver asked him some questions ; and when he learned how poor Dick was , and that he had neither father nor mother , he told him that he might do as he liked . It was a long walk for the little lad ; but by and by he came to the city of London . He was in such a hurry to see the wonderful sights , that he forgot to thank the driver of the wagon . He ran as fast as he could , from one street to another , trying to find those that were paved with gold . He had once seen a piece of money that was gold , and he knew that it would buy a great , great many things ; and now he thought that if he could get only a little bit of the pavement , he would have everything that he wanted .
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