{"product_id":"the-old-soldiers-story-von-james-whitcomb-riley","title":"The Old Soldier's Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince we have had no stories to-night I will venture, Mr. President, to tell a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estory that I have heretofore heard at nearly all the banquets I have ever \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eattended. It is a story simply, and you must bear with it kindly. It is a story as \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etold by a friend of us all, who is found in all parts of all countries, who is \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimmoderately fond of a funny story, and who, unfortunately, attempts to tell a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efunny story himself¿one that he has been particularly delighted with. Well, he \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis not a story-teller, and especially he is not a funny story-teller. His funny \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estories, indeed, are oftentimes touchingly pathetic. But to such a story as he \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etells, being a good-natured man and kindly disposed, we have to listen, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecause we do not want to wound his feelings by telling him that we have \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eheard that story a great number of times, and that we have heard it ably told \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby a great number of people from the time we were children. But, as I say, we \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecan not hurt his feelings. We can not stop him. We can not kill him; and so the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estory generally proceeds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041987092\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Collection of Poems and Prose Sketches by James Whitcomb Riley\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041987092","offer_id":48242144903493,"sku":"9791041987092","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/7753dfcf-598b-43d9-b36f-275bd6b899de.jpg?v=1768459631","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-old-soldiers-story-von-james-whitcomb-riley","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}