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The Story of a Nodding Donkey | Laura Lee Hope | |
The Santa Claus Shop |
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"Humph! I should say he wouldn't squeak!" the old gentleman would remark. "You have his squeaker in upside down! That would never do for some little boy or girl to find on Christmas morning! Take the squeaker out and put it in right." "How careless of me!" the little workman would exclaim. And then Santa Claus and the other workmen would laugh, for this workshop was the jolliest place in the world, and the man would fix the Calico Clown right. "I'm glad I was born in this place," said the Nodding Donkey to himself, as his head swayed to and fro. "This is really the first day of my life. I wish night would come, so I could move about and talk to the other toys. I wonder how long I shall have to wait?" Not far from the doll's bureau, which held the looking glass, was a toy house, and in it was a toy clock. The Donkey looked in through the window of the toy house and saw the toy clock. The hands pointed to four o'clock. "The men stop work at five," thought the Donkey. "After that it will be dark and I can move about--that is if my varnish is dry." Santa Claus was walking up and down between the rows of work benches. The dear old gentleman was pulling his beard and smiling. "Come, my merry men!" he called in his jolly voice, "you must work a little faster. It is nearly five, when it will be time to stop for the day, and it is so near Christmas that I fear we shall never get enough toys made. So hurry all you can!" "We will, Santa Claus," the men answered. And the one who had made the Nodding Donkey asked: "When are you going to take a load of toys down to Earth?" |
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