"
"Well, I can tell you as well as that Stuffed Elephant can," went on the
squeaky Sawdust Doll. "I came from Santa Claus's shop in the same box
with him."
"You're not the first Sawdust Doll, though. She was bought by a little
girl named Dorothy, I've heard said," remarked a rubber dog.
"Yes, that's right," said the Nodding Donkey. "And her brother Dick had
a White Rocking Horse. But as long as the Stuffed Elephant kindly
offered first to tell us the latest news from the North Pole, I think it
would be only polite to let him finish."
"Oh, of course--yes!" squeaked the new Sawdust Doll.
"Well," began the creature with the trunk and tusks, "I think I will
tell you----"
But just then there was a whirring noise at the end of the shelf, and a
little voice cried:
"Oh, save me, somebody! Please save me! I'm wound up too tight, and my
wheels are running away with me! I'll run to the edge of the shelf and
fall off! Save me, somebody, please!"
A Rolling Mouse, that could run across the room on wheels when wound up,
dashed along the toy shelf. As she had said, she was in danger of
falling off. Straight toward the Stuffed Elephant ran the Rolling Mouse,
squeaking in fright.
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