title: A Child's Garden of Verses
author: Robert Louis Stevenson
description: Timeless classic children's picture book of poems by Robert Louis Stevenson with beautiful illustrations by Gyo Fujikawa.
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  The Beginning Of The End
  
  
  
  
  
  Michael T. Snyder
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Published by Michael T. Snyder
  
  
  Copyright © 2013 by Michael T. Snyder
  
  
  All rights reserved. This book is protected by the copyright laws of the
  United States of America.
  
  
  Cover design by Derek Murphy
  
  
  Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James
  Version of the Bible.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Chapter 1
  
  
  Everything seemed so perfect.
  
  
  Sam always enjoyed walking along the shore on sunny days such as this one.
  Today the sun had brilliantly lit up the clouds that were hanging over the
  water, and he loved the way that the warm grass felt under his feet. He was
  only ten years old, and he was still blissfully ignorant of the turmoil which
  had enveloped much of the planet. He was a kid that was very well cared for
  and that was always full of life, and he had no idea that there were millions
  of children around the globe that would have gladly traded places with him
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