Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
All sorts of toys were to be found in that toy-shop. It was truly a place to please any child! A little girl, who had come to stay there with her aunt--the owner of the shop--and her little cousin, was always to be found amongst the toys; she was forever picking up and admirin...
All sorts of toys were to be found in that toy-shop. It was truly a place to please any child! A little girl, who had come to stay there with her aunt--the owner of the shop--an...
2. Chapter 2"I have consulted Father Christmas," answered the little Marionette. "He is of the opinion that I may, without harm, tell you tales of _some_ of the toys. You shall therefore he...
3. Chapter 3Belinda was a little wax doll who had a most charming way of opening and shutting her eyes. When Mortals were about, she could not do it unless they helped by pulling a wire. Bu...
4. Chapter 4The next day she was as good as her word, arriving to the very minute. It was the little Marionette who was not in time. It was quite five minutes before she tripped up the coun...
5. Chapter 5"I am a little bit sorry for the Officer," said the little girl. "He must have been a good deal hurt. And he must have felt very silly, too," she added.
6. Chapter 6"Come, this won't do," said the little Marionette. "I should not have told you the story if I had thought you were going to take it so much to heart."
7. Chapter 7"He was," the Marionette agreed. "However, we must not be too severe on him. He had his good points after all. He was not bad-tempered, for example, like poor Claribelle, who at...
8. Chapter 8"Quite right," she replied. "I am going to tell you one that ends as happily as you could wish it to. You will, I am sure, be quite satisfied with the conclusion of: 'The Grocer...
9. Chapter 9Then she sat up, and the little girl saw with much sorrow and surprise that she was quite disfigured. Her nose was broken, her eyes were crooked, and her face was quite knocked...