"Oh, don't do--ha! ha!--Don't--ha! ha!--do that!" laughed the Donkey.
"You make me feel so funny I may fall!"

[Illustration: The Nodding Donkey is Tickled by the Toy Policeman.
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"Well, if you do, I'll pick you up," said the Policeman, and he twisted
his club around on the Donkey's ribs in such a funny way that the
nodding creature laughed "ha! ha!" and "ho! ho!"

"I thought I'd stir things up and make them rather lively!" said the
Policeman, with a jolly grin on his red face. "How are you feeling?" he
asked, turning to the China Cat.

"I feel quite good enough without having you tickle me," she answered,
as she got up to move away.

"Oh, you'll feel ever so much better after I tickle you!" cried the
Policeman, and he reached out his club toward the Cat. But he was not
quick enough. She slipped behind a Jack in the Box, where the Policeman
could not see her.

"Well, I guess I'll tickle you again," said the toy with the club, as he
turned back toward the Nodding Donkey.

"Oh, no, don't, please!" begged the long-eared chap. "I've had quite
enough. When you tickle me I laugh, and when I laugh my head nods
harder than it ought to, and maybe it might nod off."

"Oh, I wouldn't want that to happen!" exclaimed the Policeman. "That