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Every spring the Christmas Monks go out to sow the Christmas-present seeds after they have ploughed the ground and made it all ready. There is one enormous bed devoted to rocking-horses. The rocking-horse seed is curious enough; just little bits of rocking-horses so small that they can only be seen through a very, very powerful microscope.
In the same fashion a child fancies that mysterious and sinister horse, which was the downfall of Troy, as something plain and staring, and perhaps spotted, like his own rocking-horse in the nursery. It might be said symbolically that Americans have a taste for rocking-horses, as they certainly have a taste for rocking-chairs.
R.B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War , was questioned in the House of Commons on April 8th about the rocking-horses which the War Office is using for the purpose of teaching recruits to ride. Lord Ronaldshay asked the War Secretary if rocking-horses were to be supplied to all the cavalry regiments for teaching recruits to ride. 'The noble Lord, replied Mr.
True chambers never were young, childish, maidenly; never had dolls in them, or rocking-horses, or christenings, or betrothals, or little coffins.
"Yes, on lace christening dresses and life-size rocking-horses with real manes! The kind of thing children can't do without." "Oh, Lancelot, Lancelot I loved them so! How can you believe such falsehoods about me?" "What falsehoods about you?" "That I ever told anybody such dreadful things?" He put her back gently, keeping his eyes on hers.
She felt no envy or ill-temper on this account, but wished greatly to see the other children enjoying themselves; and in the afternoon she said to her brother, "Come, my Raphael, let us go to the fair together, and afterwards to the school; it is not good for you to sit in the house always, and although you cannot see, yet you can hear the sound of happy voices, the bells of the sledges, the hymns of the children, and then I will describe to you exactly all the beautiful things in the booths, the wind-mills that turn round, the rocking-horses, the gingerbread men, and quantities of other pretty things.
"Yet why shouldn't I use them," she thought, and slung the little pair upon one finger. Crossing to the second attic she came upon all the toys. It seemed as though nothing had ever been packed up dolls' houses, rocking-horses, slates, weighing machines, marbles, picture books, little swords and guns, and strange boxes full of broken things.
Others bearing Christmas trees boxes of playthings rocking-horses dolls' houses hoops skipping-ropes, and numbers of other delights of children.
From worms we passed, naturally enough, to frogs, and thence to pigs, aunts, gardeners, rocking-horses, and other fellow-citizens of our common kingdom. In five minutes we had each other's confidences, and I seemed to have known her for a lifetime. Somehow, on the subject of one's self it was easier to be frank and communicative with her than with one's female kin.
'Why, sir; the commission was L 100, or so, and I took the remainder in paving-stones and rocking-horses. 'Paving-stones and rocking-horses! said the doctor, 'where are they? 'Oh, sir, I suppose they are in London somewhere but I'll inquire if you wish for them. 'He's an idiot, said the doctor, 'and it's sheer folly to waste more money on him.
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