第1章 PETS,TOYS AND PLAY

01

The Toy Elephant

Tom and Polly had a new toy.

It was a little gray elephant.

His name was Jumbo.

"I like Jumbo,"said Polly.

"He is a good little elephant.

But I want to see a big elephant.

Big elephants are funny.

Toy elephants are not very funny."

Tom said,"We will take Jumbo to the zoo.

Then he can see the big elephants."

So Tom and Polly and Jumbo went to the zoo.

"I like the zoo,"said Polly.

"Jumbo likes it,too."

They saw four big elephants in the elephant house.

One elephant was very,very big.

Polly said,"Look,Jumbo.

See that big,big elephant."

Then a man came along and looked at Jumbo.

"Is that a baby elephant?"he said.

Polly laughed and said,"Oh,no.

This is just a toy elephant.

His name is Jumbo."

The man said,"Jumbo must see a

big elephant do some tricks."

The man went to a big elephant.

"Up,up!Stand up!"he said.

Up,up went the big elephant.

"Down,down!"said the man.

And the elephant sat down.

How Tom and Polly laughed!

The big elephant looked so funny!

Then the man said,"Look,children!

Now the big elephant will stand on his head."

"Oh,oh!"said Tom.

"That is a good trick."

Polly said,"Oh,my!

I wish Jumbo could do that.

But he can not do any tricks.

He is just a toy elephant."

The next morning Polly went to get Jumbo.

Guess what she saw.

"Tom,Tom!"she called.

"Look at Jumbo!

He can do one trick.

He can stand on his head."

Tom laughed.

"Oh,Polly!"he said.

"Little Jumbo thinks that he is the big elephant at the zoo."

02

Bunny Boy

Bunny Boy was a white rabbit.

He was a happy rabbit.

Bunny Boy liked to play with Jane and Ned.

He liked to play with Spot,the cat,and Jack,the dog.

They all liked Bunny Boy.

What fun they had!

One day Bunny Boy was playing in the yard with Spot and Jack.

Bunny found a big dark hole under the house.

"What a big hole!"he said.

"I will hide in it.

Spot and Jack can not find me."

So Bunny jumped into the hole.

Down,down,down he fell.

"Oh,oh!"said Bunny Boy.

"How black it is down here!

I am all black,too."

"Where is Bunny Boy?"said Ned.

"Where is Bunny Boy?"said Jane.

"Oh,dear!Where can he be?"

They looked and looked for him.

They looked in the house and in the yard.

They looked up and down the street.

Mother and Father looked.

Spot and Jack looked.

But no one could find Bunny Boy.

Then Mother said,"We must go to dinner now."

They all went into the house,but Jane and Ned were not happy.

They did not want any dinner.

They wanted their rabbit.

All at once Jack said,"Bow-wow!"

Then he ran to the door.

Spot ran to the door,too.

Something was there.

What was it?

Father ran and opened the door.

There sat a rabbit.

"Oh,look!"said Jane.

"It is a rabbit."

"But it is not Bunny Boy,"said Ned.

"It is not a white rabbit."

Just then the rabbit saw Spot.

Hop,hop,hop it went to her.

Guess what Spot did.

"Oh,oh!"said Ned."Look at Spot!

She is washing the rabbit.

She is washing the black away.

It is a white rabbit.

It is Bunny Boy!"

Then they all laughed.

"Oh,Bunny Boy,"said Jane,"how did you get so black?"

Ned said,"I can guess."

Jane said,"I can guess,too."

03

Fun in the Snow

The boys and girls were happy.

They were playing in the snow.

Some were making snow balls.

Some were making a snow man on the hill.

Some were going down the hill on a big new sled.

"Come on,boys,"called Joe.

"Who wants a ride on my sled?"

Two boys jumped on the sled with Joe.

Away they went down the hill.

Soon Bobby found an old dish-pan in the snow.

"This will make a good sled,"he said."Here I go."

Down,down the hill went Bobby in the old dish-pan.

He went this way and that way!

Round and round,faster and faster!

Then over went the dish-pan,and out went Bobby.

Over and over he went in the snow.

How the children laughed!

Bobby laughed,too.

"That was a fine ride,"he said.

"The old dish-pan makes a good sled."

"Let me ride,"said Betty.

"Let me ride next,"said Alice.

All the children wanted to ride in the old dish-pan.

Down the hill they went,this way and that way.

Some fell out in the snow and went over and over.

What a good time they had!

Soon there was a big round hole in the old dish-pan.

The children could not ride in it.

Bobby ran to the snow man and put the dish-pan on his head.

The children said,"The dish-pan makes a fine hat for him.

Now his head will not be cold."

Then they all ran home.

04

Fun in the Rain

Down,down came the rain.

Patty and Joe were in the house.

They wanted to play in the rain.

"Please,Mother,"they said.

"We want to go out in the rain.

May we go to see Dick?"

Mother said,"Yes,you may go."

So they put on their rain coats and rain hats and rain shoes.

Then they went out in the rain.

Splash,splash went Joe and Patty down the street.

"Look,Patty,"said Joe.

"I am a duck.Quack,quack!"

Patty laughed and said,"Yes,yes,we are ducks.Quack,quack!"

So they went along the street with a quack,quack,quack and a splash,splash,splash.

Dick saw them coming and opened the front door.

"Hello,Joe and Patty,"he said.

"Are you wet?"

"No,"said Joe."We are not wet.

We have rain coats and rain hats and rain shoes.

It was fun to be out in the rain."

Dick said,"Come in,come in.

You are just in time.

Mother and I are making cookies.

You may help us."

They made funny brown cookies.

Some looked like pigs.

Some looked like rabbits.

Some looked like chickens.

Then every one ate cookies.

How good the cookies were!

"This is a fine party,"said Patty.

"I am glad we came."

Soon Joe said,"Now we must go.

Thank you for a good time,Dick.

We have had fun at your house.

Now we will have fun in the rain."

Patty and Joe said good-by.

They put on their rain coats and rain hats and rain shoes.

Then they opened the door.

And,oh,how they laughed!

The sun was shining!

05

My See-saw

Polly has a pony,

A pony white and brown,

And Billy has a wagon

To take him into town.

But I have made a see-saw,

And it goes up and down.

06

The Wind and the Toys

Billy was coming down the street in his big red wagon.

Little Toy Dog and Little Toy Cat were in the wagon with him.

He saw his mother at the door.

"Hello,Mother!"he said.

"I took my toys for a ride."

Mother said,"That is fine,Billy.

But it is going to rain soon,and you must come in."

Soon the rain came down.

Billy ran into the house,but he did not put his toys away.

Faster and faster came the rain.

Soon the red wagon,the toy dog,and the toy cat were very,very wet.

Night was coming,but no one put the toys away.

In the night the wind came along.

"Oo-oo,oo-oo,oo-oo,"it said.

"Come with me,red wagon.

Come along with me."

Away went the big red wagon down the street.

Away went Little Toy Cat and Little Toy Dog.

On,on they went down the hill.

"Oo-oo,oo-oo,oo-oo,"said the wind.

Next morning the sun was shining.

Billy looked in the front yard for his toys.

But he did not see them.

"Where is my wagon?"he said.

"Where is Little Toy Dog?

Where is Little Toy Cat?

Oh,dear!Oh,dear!

I wish I had put them away."

Just then a little girl came along.

She had the big red wagon.

She had Toy Dog and Toy Cat,too.

"Hello,Billy!"said the little girl.

"I found your toys in the street.

The wind took them down the hill.

They are very,very wet."

"Oh,thank you,Betty,"said Billy.

"Next time I will put them away."