ringmaster in a real circus, "the next trick will be when my Monkey does
a flip-flap-flop!"

And, indeed, that was a very hard trick to do. But the Monkey did it
when Herbert pulled the string, and all the boys and girls said it was
fine, and that the show was one grand affair.

The Monkey did several other tricks, and then Herbert's mother, outside
the tent, called, just like a circus vendor:

"Here's your pink lemonade! Here's your pink lemonade!"

And, as true as I'm telling you, she had made a big pitcher of sweet
lemonade for the children, and had colored it pink with strawberry
juice.

"Oh! Ah! Um!" said the boys and girls, and, really, I think the lemonade
was almost as good a part of the show as the tricks of the Monkey, the
fight of the Tin Soldiers, or the dance of the Sawdust Doll.

"Well, the show is over. I wonder what will happen next," said the Lamb
on Wheels to the Bold Tin Captain.

"Maybe the children will have another," said the Monkey. "But, while we
have the chance, I would like to talk to my friends the Sawdust Doll,
the Bold Tin Soldier, the White Rocking Horse, and all the others."

And so the toys talked among themselves, and told of their different
adventures, just as I have told you in the different books. And they all
said the Monkey was very brave to have driven away the bad Goat as he