The Story of a Monkey on a Stick by Laura Lee Hope
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page 67 of 77 (87%)
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"I am very glad I could help you," said the Monkey. "I guess that Goat won't come back in a hurry!" And as the Groat ran out of the tent, the children, bringing up their other toys to have the show, saw him. "Oh, look at the big sheep!" cried Madeline. "That isn't a sheep, it's a goat," said her brother. "Oh, maybe he ate my Candy Rabbit!" cried the little girl. "I must go and look." She and the other children hurried into the tent. There were the Monkey and the Rabbit safe together. But the children did not know what a narrow escape the Rabbit had had. By this time Arnold, with the help of the other boys, had brought over his Bold Tin Soldier and the other men in the army company; Dick had brought his White Rocking Horse; and Dorothy's Sawdust Doll and Mirabell's Lamb on Wheels were also in the tent. Of course Herbert's Monkey and Madeline's Candy Rabbit were the first to be in the show. "Now the performance is going to start!" cried Herbert, when the brothers and sisters were seated on the benches, which were made from the boxes Patrick, the gardener, had given Dick. "The show is going to start! All ready!" Besides the six children mentioned there were others who lived on the |
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