"I want to show somebody my
Stuffed Elephant."
Elsie looked again, before running to the door to welcome her little
caller.
"Yes," went on Archie's sister, "I see Joe, and he has his Nodding
Donkey!"
"That's good!" laughed Archie.
Into the house came Mirabell, who carried a Lamb on Wheels, which had
been given her as a present some time before.
"Course this isn't for Christmas," said the little girl. "I didn't bring
out my Christmas presents 'ceptin' this," and she showed on her finger
a gold ring that Santa Claus had left.
"And I got a steam engine, only I couldn't bring it over," said Joe, who
used to be lame but who was better now. "So I just brought my old
Nodding Donkey," he added. "He was in the hospital once, as I was, and
Mr. Mugg mended his broken leg."
At the mention of the name "Mr. Mugg" the Stuffed Elephant began to
listen more carefully. If he had dared he would have flapped his big
ears, but that was not allowed.
"I wonder," thought the Elephant, "if he means the same Mr. Mugg of the
toy store where I came from? I wish the children would go out of the
room a minute until I could speak to the Nodding Donkey and the Lamb on
Wheels."
But the children were having too much fun to leave the room.
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