store will soon be filled with customers."

The toys became very still and quiet. This talk among them had taken
place in the early morning hours, after a night of jolly good times.
But when daylight came, and when clerks and customers filled the
store, the toys were no longer allowed to do as they pleased. They
could not move about or talk as they could on other occasions.

The Calico Clown was a jolly chap, and he seemed to stand out among
all the other toys on the counter. He wore calico trousers of which
one leg was red and the other yellow. He had a calico shirt that was
spotted, speckled and striped in gay colors, and on each of his hands
was a round piece of brass. These pieces of brass were called
"cymbals," and the Calico Clown could bang them together as the
drummer bangs his cymbals in the band.

I say the Calico Clown could bang his cymbals together, and by that I
mean he could do it when no boys or girls or grown folk were looking
at him. This was the rule for all the toys. They could move about and
talk only when no human eyes were looking. As soon as you glanced at
them they became as still and as quiet as potatoes.

But any one who picked up the Calico Clown could make him bang his
cymbals together by pressing on his chest. There was a little spring,
and also a sort of squeaker, such as you have heard in toy bears or
sheep.

Besides being able to clap his cymbals together, the Calico Clown
could also move his arms and legs when you pulled certain strings,
like those on some Jumping Jacks. The Calico Clown was a lively