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Updated: May 9, 2025
"Hear, hear!" cried the Shiny Pie Pans; and "Horrible, horrible!", Mr. Stuckup the Turkey. Ole Man Pumpkin didn't say anything, but just grinned and grinned with his big eyes and old yellow teeth. "There is a cap'talist now, standing before you!" shouted Mr. Scarecrow, and his wrists flapped right at Jehosophat, "away with him!"
Well then, if you won't tell, when Hepzebiah put her two fists to her eyes, quick as a wink the Toyman placed three of his marbles in her pile, and when Marmaduke saw him do that, why he put in four, and Jehosophat, not to be outdone, slipped in five. "Better than slipping duck's eggs under the old hen, isn't it?" whispered Jehosophat to his brother, who agreed with a nod.
Jehosophat and Marmaduke tried to guess what it was, but neither was right. When they reached the corner of the street and got out of the buggy, they saw a lot of boys, big boys and little boys, and men, too, crowding around a wagon. The horses which had brought it there were tied to a hitching post a little way off, and a man stood in the back by the tailboard.
A moment more they looked at the little cart, its bright red body with the blue lines around it, the wheels and spokes, which were bright yellow, and the shafts and the whiffletrees, which were yellow too. Then they got in. Little Hepzebiah sat on the seat with Jehosophat. He proudly held the reins. Marmaduke sat behind, his legs hanging over the tail-board, with Wienerwurst wriggling on his lap.
"That isn't bad," said he. Then he turned to Marmaduke. "What's your idea for a name, little chap?" Marmaduke thought and thought. He looked out through the door and saw the Party Bird, the vain Peacock, parading up and down, showing off its beautiful tail, and "Peacock" was the only name he could think of. Jehosophat laughed out loud. "That's no name for a boat."
Not Jack Holmes or Jack Frost no, it was someone much handsomer, although he had a hole in the top of his head, a fat face, big round eyes, a large flat nose, and a wide, wide mouth with lots of square teeth in it. "Mr. Jehosophat Green," said the Toyman very politely, "let me make you acquainted with Jack, or, as he is sometimes called, 'Ole Man Pumpkin." Jehosophat bowed low.
"Old Methuselah" is all white. He was pretty old when Farmer Green bought him so he was nicknamed for the oldest man in the Bible. "White Boots" is a bay mare. That means a red-brown mother horse. She has four white feet. By her side runs a little black colt with funny legs. Jehosophat gave him his name, "Black Prince."
Jehosophat, Marmaduke, and Hepzebiah came up to the "Crying Tree." "What are you doing, Toyman," asked Marmaduke. "Watch and you will see." They were always asking him that question and he was always telling them to watch and see. So they did. In his hand he had his knife, which could make as many things as a fairy's wand. It had four blades and a corkscrew.
But when it grows late, even if Frank does not come, they know it is supper time and leave the pasture. When they reach the barnyard fence they stand outside calling to be let in. Then Frank comes and lets down the bars. They walk into the yard and through the doors into the big red barn. There are ten cows but Jehosophat, Marmaduke, and Hepzebiah love four of them better than the rest.
"Now, Frank," she repeated, "be careful or you'll put notions in those children's heads, and some day they'll be running away from me." Still she didn't look cross, and she smiled at the Toyman, especially when he answered: "Not from a mother like you, Mis' Green. How about it, kiddies?" And Marmaduke and Jehosophat were very sure they never could run away not even to sea in a beautiful ship.
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