Le Dessinateur: Pour Les Fabriques D'Etoffes D'Or, D'Argent Et de Soie (1765)

Death, the Only Gift, is a collection of twenty short stories of various word lengths intended for young readers especially for ages 9-11. The Heroic Boy Outshines Evil Brothers, is one of the stories which talks about Nelson, a rich and respected businessman, who has eight beautiful daughters. It disheartened him deeply because no matter how many daughters a man had, he was teased as being a boy in his community if he had no son to carry his name. It was considered shameful to have girls only. What did he do to get rid of the awful nickname? What did his crippled son do to outshine his evil brothers?