In a cottage in a lane near the village of Ryefield, young Ned is caught up in the theft of fruit from a neighbour’s apricot tree. His grandmother explains what Scripture means by heaping coals of fire on an enemy’s head, and Ned sets out to win over his foe with kindness instead of revenge.
A short Victorian Sunday-school tract, of interest for its picture of English village life and moral teaching for children. Download the free EPUB.