Project Gutenberg 2019-06-05 Public domain in the USA. 148 Unknown Busy Ben and Idle Isaac Produced by hekula03, Robert Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Busy Ben and Idle Isaac" by Unknown is a moral children's story written in the late 19th century. This book contrasts the lives of two boys, Benjamin and Isaac, highlighting the virtues of industry and hard work against the consequences of laziness and idleness. It serves as an instructive tale aimed at young readers, emphasizing the value of productive habits. The narrative follows Busy Ben, a diligent and industrious boy, and Idle Isaac, who prefers leisure and idleness. As they grow up, Ben's hard work leads him to success and recognition, while Isaac's lazy ways leave him poor and regretful. Ben becomes a skilled shipbuilder and is eventually knighted, while Isaac struggles to find any meaningful work, ultimately becoming the town's cats' meat man. The story concludes with an uplifting note, as Ben offers to help Isaac learn the importance of saving and planning for the future, reinforcing the message that it’s never too late to change one's ways. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Work ethic -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading 39468 2025-06-23T16:05:15.443745 text/html 36730 2019-06-04T17:23:48 text/html 1545032 2025-06-23T16:05:18.195818 application/epub+zip 1543728 2025-06-23T16:05:16.326844 application/epub+zip 61905 2025-06-23T16:05:15.854724 application/epub+zip 1575548 2025-06-23T16:05:19.744865 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1458736 2025-06-23T16:05:17.747721 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 87515 2022-09-27T01:59:55.992714 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 27478 2025-06-23T16:05:15.195806 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27722 2019-06-04T17:23:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18130 2025-06-23T16:05:19.886752 application/rdf+xml 26639 2025-06-23T16:05:15.942744 image/jpeg 3517 2025-06-23T16:05:15.897749 image/jpeg 10135 2019-06-04T17:23:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 1394305 2019-06-04T17:23:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 1398762 2025-06-23T16:05:15.495799 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Anonymous