Dick Whittington - Dummy

BookBook: Children'sBook: Dummy

1 Jul

Written By Fred

Publisher: The Bodley Head, London

Publication Date: 1970

Retold by Kathleen Lines. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone

The tale of the poor boy who becomes Lord Mayor of London.

Unpublished Cover

After reading the bill of lading

Almshouse, Whittington College, was recently newly erected in th

Dick with a wave to the waggoner, ran off as fast as his legs wo

'Fetch your cat then, my good boy,' said Mr FitzWarren, 'and sen

He remembered too that there was no gold lying in the streets, t

He walked until he came to Highgate Hill and there he sat down o

He was also a patron of art

Mr FitzWarren said, 'Indeed, Mr Whittington

Mr FitzWarren then advised Dick to send for a good tailor, and f

Mr Richard Whittington was now a city merchant

Two drawings on a sheet

Now, for good luck or ill, Dick was at the entrance to the house

One day, a visitor at Mr FitzWarren's gave Dick a penny for clea

People hurried by, riding and on foot; a rowdy band of young lad

The attention paid to Dick, and Miss Alice's interest in his aff

The captain picked up Puss and took her to the Queen

The Lord mayor and the court of aldermen

The poor and hungry came daily for is door and were never turned

Vast trays of food were brought in, but scarcely had they been s

When Henry V came back from the wars with a French princess for

When the time came that he fell ill and died, Whittington was mo

While many marvelled at his generosity, one of his friends, unsu

Whittington and Dame Alice went abroad visiting the people, taki

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