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He reached the top of the ladder, then swung out on the roof. At last he reached the ridge. There stood the Gold Rooster, never crowing or saying anything at all. And under him lay Robber Hawk, and he didn't say anything either. Carefully the Toyman climbed down from the ridge of the barn, holding the rascal in his hands. Then one by one down the rungs of the ladder he came.
When she returned with her children into her sitting-room, she said there was still an unavoidable expense to be incurred; that assuredly many mothers would at that season think as she did, that the toyman must lose by it; and therefore she gave him fifty Louis to repay him for the cost of his journey, and console him for having sold nothing. The purchase of St.
There were hundreds and hundreds of Christmas trees, standing up straight on that hill, with millions and millions of candles on them. "My, but that's pretty!" the Toyman exclaimed. As for the children, they said, "Oh," and "Ah," all in one breath. It was so wonderful to see all those live Christmas trees growing and shining in the forest.
For a tradesman to open his shop in a place unresorted to, or in a place where his trade is not agreeable, and where it is not expected, it is no wonder if he has no trade. What retail trade would a milliner have among the fishmongers' shops on Fishstreet-hill, or a toyman about Queen-hithe?
The pirates would find that out soon enough. And there was a flag, too, with bones and a skull on it, just as Jehosophat had said. "Why, it's the Jolly Roger," he told his brother, "that's what they call this flag." But where did they come from? Marmaduke sort of suspected the Toyman, but he had disappeared, and Jehosophat said,
The Toyman looked very sober for a while, as they rose and turned their faces towards the road and the valley. "Yes," he said, "that's what I've been trying to do all day. I had some trouble an' temptation, an' it was getting the best of me. You know, something bad in me that was tellin' me to do things I'd oughtn't to.
"You see," the Toyman went on to explain, "that's how they first got the notion of a Christmas tree, seein' the little stars shine through the forest. A good notion, too, I should say." A good one? Why, the best in the world! So the Three Happy Children thought as they drove down the hill and back by the river.
So back and forth the procession of presents passed, a pipe for Father, and one for the Toyman, who wasn't there to get it, a football for Marmaduke, a pair of skates for Jehosophat, and oh, so many things! Then Marmaduke heard a whisper in his ear. He started, for the voice sounded like the Toyman's, but it couldn't have been, for the Toyman was still nowhere to be seen.
You just ask Jehosophat and Marmaduke and Hepzebiah and Wienerwurst, and hear what they have to say. Once during that long and glorious afternoon they had trouble. Fatty Hamm started it. It was the only thing he was good at trouble and eating. And, of course, Reddy Toms and Dicky Means had to help him. Anyway, Fatty pushed Hepzebiah into a deep snowdrift when he thought the Toyman wasn't looking.
How was he ever going to get into that circus! Oh, where was the Toyman? But he didn't cry. You know he didn't. He just shut his teeth hard, and winked and winked. At last Wienerwurst gave a little bark. He saw a little hole, and Wienerwurst always liked little holes. It was under the tent and just his size. Right into it he crawled.
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