He is right when he
says without him, in case the ground is hard, nothing can be done. And
he certainly is the strongest, so I think----"
"Oh, ho! What did I tell you! I get the prize!" cried the Pick.
"Wait a minute! I have not finished!" said the Elephant Judge. "What I
was going to say was that before I could decide who wins I must see the
prize. What is the prize? Bring it here that I may see it, and then I
will decide who is to get it."
[Illustration: "Wait a Minute!" Trumpeted the Elephant.
_The Story of a Stuffed Elephant._ _Page_ 97]
"Oh, the prize!" cried the Shovel.
"That's so, we forgot all about it!" gasped the Rake.
"What was the prize to be?" asked the Pick. "I declare we did not settle
on any. How stupid!"
"Until I see the prize I cannot give judgment," said the Elephant; "so
the case will have to 'go over,' as I believe they say in Court, until
the prize is brought here. Stop disputing now, and get me the prize!"
"Yes! Yes! The prize! The prize!" cried the Rake, the Shovel and the
Pick, and away they scurried.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" laughed another voice in the corner whence had come the
three tools.
"What silly chaps!" came in another voice.
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