Elephant. Don't you want a ride on this Merry-Go-Round?"
"Thank you, I'm afraid I'm too big," answered the Elephant. "And I never
before saw a Merry-Go-Round that spun this way, like a wheel. In Mr.
Mugg's store, where I came from, there was a toy Merry-Go-Round, but it
spun like a top."
"I'm not a regular Merry-Go-Round," said the Spinning Wheel. "I just
make believe I'm one up here in the attic. Time was when I used to spin
yarn for the grandmother of Mr. Dunn. But now all yarn is spun in
factories by machinery, and spinning wheels are out of fashion. So I am
up here in the dust, and it makes the time pass more quickly to pretend
I am a Merry-Go-Round."
"Yes, and we Rats and Mice have good times!" cried the brown chap, as he
wound his tail among the spokes of the wheel, to hold on tightly as he
spun around and around.
"I believe I'd like a ride, too," said a Tin Soldier, which was another
toy Mr. Dunn had brought home.
"All right! Climb up!" called out the Rat.
So the Tin Soldier, being able to pretend to come to life since no
prying eyes saw him, got up on the Spinning Wheel and rode with the Rat.
The Elephant wanted to have this fun, but he was too large to get on the
wheel.
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