Excerpt from Real Boys: Being the Doings of Plupy, Beany, Pewt, Fuzzy, Whack, Bug, Skinny, Chick, Pop, Pile, and Some of the Girls I know it's folly to complain Of whatsoe'er the fates decree Yet, were not wishes all in vain, I tell you what my wish would be I'd wish to be a boy again, Back with the friends I used to know; For I was, oh So happy then But that was very long ago. - eugene field. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.