"BUT THEN JEHOSOPHAT JUST HAD TO LOOK AT FATTY,
AND FATTY HAD JUST PUT A PEANUT UP TO HIS MOUTH
--AS A SORT OF SIGNAL, I GUESS--"

"'CUT A HOLE IN THE TOP OF HIS HEAD--JUST ENOUGH TO
SCOOP OUT HIS INSIDES,' SAID OLE MAN PUMPKIN"

"'STAND BACK, FELLOWS,' THE TOYMAN SHOUTED, 'AND
WATCH THE CHIPS FLY!'"

"LITTLE JOHNNY CRICKET TRIED TO REACH FOR HIS
CRUTCHES, BUT SANTA JUST PICKED HIM UP IN HIS
ARMS AND KISSED HIM"

"THEN THE QUEEN CLAPPED HER HANDS AND THE SERVANTS
CAME RUNNING IN WITH TRAYS PILED HIGH
WITH WONDERFUL FOODS"

"SO, FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THEY WATCHED THAT GREAT
CLOUD CITY, WITH ALL ITS TOWERS AND FLAGS AND
BANNERS WAVING IN THE WIND"




HALF-PAST SEVEN STORIES

"THE TOP OF THE MORNING"