Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-27
JACKS TOYS.

Once upon a time there was a little
boy about as big as you. His name
was Jackie. He had a great MANY
beautiful toys. His grandfather and
grandmother, his uncles and his aunts
were always bringing him something
to play with. I am sorry to say that
Jackie didn't take good care of his
toys. He was often so careless that
he would leave his things all over
the floor at night when he went to-
bed.
The toys didn't like that very
much. Sometimes Jackie's father
would step upon them, when he came
in at night from his work. Father
didn't mean to break the toys, but he
didn't know that they were there.
One day Jackie's mother said,
"Come, Jackie, put away your toys
like a good boy, and come to supper"
But Jackie didn't do it. He left his
p%laythings just where he had dropped
them when he had finished playing.
There was the rocking-horse, the au-
tomobile, the engine, and the ball, the
blocks, the Teddy-bear, the horn, the
drum, and the soldiers all over the
floor.
Well, that night something hap
pened! When Jackie's father came
in at supper-time, he stumbled and
almost fell over the rocking-horse.
Then he stepped upon a little tin SOL
dier, and crushed it all to pieces.
When Jackie went to bed that
night, the toys began to talk among
themselves.
Said the rocking-horse, "Rock,
rock, rock, I don't like to lie here in
the dark" Said the automobile,
"Honk, honk, honk, I don't like to
lie here in the dark" Said the en-
CINE. "Choo, choo, choo, I don't like
to lie here in the dark" Said the lit
tie red ball, Roll, roll, roll, I don't
like to lie here in the dark" Said
the building. blocks, Build, build,
build, / don't like to lie here in the
dark" Said the Teddy-bear, Squeak.
squeak, squeak, I don't like to lie
here in the dark" Said the little tin
horn. "Toot, toot, foot, I don't like to
lie here in the dark" Said the drum,
"Boom, boom, boom, I don't like to
lie here in the dark" Said the SOL
dier-boy, Bang, bang, bang, I don't
like to lie here in the dark" Said
the elephant, "Humph! let's all march
away and hide" So they all marched
away two by two, and didn't come
back for a long, long time, all except
the ball. He could only roll. SO ne
rolled under the bed.
When morning came JACKIE
| couldn't find a thing to play with ex~
| cept the ball, which he found under
his fathers bed.
All that day and the next Jackie
| looked and looked everywhere for MS
| toys; but he couldn't find one OF
them. Then he cried. He didn't
know what to do without his rocking
horse, his automobile, his engine
| ball, blocks, .Teddy-bear, horn, drum
and soldiers.
Finally, one very rainy day. they
| all marched back, all but the ll1tle
tin soldier. He never came BACK.
When Jackie went upstairs after
! breakfast to his fathers room, he was
delighted. He jumped up and down,
| clapping his hands. He was SO glau
to see his old friends he cried: 1nh
SO glad! I'm SO glad!"
And the toys all seemed TO say
"Rock, rock-honk, honk-cnoo'
| choo-roll, roll-build, bullo~
squeak, squeak-toot, toot-Doom'
boom-bang, bang" So Jackie Ola.
When Jackie's father went away W
work that morning, he said: Pel'
haps Jackie'Il put them all away IT,
night. They may march away again
Julia Dewitt Stevens, in Primary
Education.
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