if we should come to life when any one could see us."

"There is no one in the department but us toys," said a Calico Clown,
and he banged together some shiny cymbals on the ends of his arms. "The
Jack is right--we are all by ourselves."

"I am glad of it," said a woolly Lamb on Wheels, who stood on the floor,
just under the edge of the toy counter. She was rather too large to be
up among the smaller toys. "Yes, I am glad of it," went on the Lamb. "I
have kept still all day, and now I have something to tell you all, my
friends."

"Something nice?" asked a Candy Rabbit, who stood next to a Monkey on a
Stick.

"I think it is nice," said the Lamb. "But, as you know, I could not move
about or speak so long as any of the clerks or customers were here."

"That's so," agreed the Bold Tin Soldier.

For it was one of the rules of Toyland, as you know, that none of the
folk who lived there could do anything while human eyes were watching
them. The Dolls, Soldiers, Clowns, Rocking Horses, Lambs were not able
to move, talk, or make believe come to life if a boy or a girl or any
one at all looked at them.

"But now we are alone we can have some fun," said the Jack in the Box.
"Let's have a jumping race, to see who can go the farthest. Come on! I'm
ready!"